A breakthrough new vaccine spray could be the first to stop spread of the deadly whooping cough infection, which causes infants to ‘turn blue’, after a horror outbreak

A new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough after a devastating outbreak killed 11 babies.

It comes after Britain was hit by the worst outbreak in 40 years during 2024 as patients reported violent coughing fits that proved dangerous to the young and elderly. To stop a similar outbreak taking hold again the Government is launching a national clinical trial to develop a nasal spray which would be the first vaccine which can stop whooping cough bacteria from living in the nose and throat.

Initial trials of the new vaccine, called BPZE1, show it appears to stop the spread of infection. Currently, the NHS offer

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