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Protecting Infants from Whooping Cough (Pertusis)

Dr. Terry Dixon, MUSC
Bobbi Connor/MUSC

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Terry Dixon about protecting infants from pertussis or whooping cough.  Dr. Dixon is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at MUSC Children’s Health.

Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.