Some elderly patients can't get whooping cough vaccine
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
It's licensed for people up to age 64 because it wasn't tested on older people. Many grandparents are concerned.Some doctors are erroneously telling elderly patients that they cannot receive an inoculation for whooping cough, despite recommendations issued this summer by state health officials urging senior citizens to get vaccinated.