Five times as many cases of the potentially fatal illness have been reported so far in 2024, compared with the same time last ...

Whooping cough is another word for pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes intense coughing fits, ...

Whooping cough is on the rise. There is some controversy over what might be the best vaccine strategy. For now, Tdap appears ...

When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...

The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year of age and anyone with a compromised immune system or moderate to severe ...

U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year. The Centers for Disease ...

Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...

The CDC reported that more than five times as many whooping cough cases have been recorded compared to 2023 in a return to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is seeing the highest number of whooping cough cases in eight years. The state health department ...

Nationwide, CDC reported that kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high.

The CDC said there have been four-times as many cases of whooping cough as last year. This disease along with walking ...

At least two students have come down with the highly contagious infection at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, and ...