For the record - July 14, 2010

World Cup games: An article in Tuesday’s Sports section about the quality of play in the World Cup said the European Championship would expand to a 24-team event in 2012. The expansion is to take place in 2016.

Pertussis vaccine: In Monday’s Health section, an article about whooping cough referred to the booster shot for adults and adolescents as the DTaP vaccine. That is the vaccine for infants; the booster is called the TdaP.

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