Mule Name Meaning. English: from a medieval personal name, perhaps Old English Mul (from Old English mul âmuleâ, âhalfbreedâ). This was the name of a brother of Ceadwalla, King of Wessex (died 675), and is also found as a place name element.
1 Because of the rise in US pertussis cases, some people should not wait 10 years to get their Tdap booster. 2  Pregnant women especially need Tdap vaccine because of the protection it provides against whooping cough. 3  They should get it late in the second trimester or in the third trimester.
The whooping cough vaccine for adults (and adolescents) is called Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis). Younger children get a different formulation, called DTaP. Both help protect against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough.