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Health
Poppy Johnston

'Unacceptable' gap found in whooping cough controls

Whooping cough can be deadly for infants and can also cause serious complications in adults. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

Hospitals are sleeping on an opportunity to vaccinate more Australians against whooping cough, a disease that's infecting the population at record rates.

A probe from the Immunisation Foundation of Australia finds few hospitals are stocking a whooping cough-containing booster to jab patients with tetanus-prone wounds. 

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