Officials: "We are taking precautions to prevent future infections. However, we want all faculty, students and staff to be ...

Whooping cough cases in Alabama had increased 300% from 41 cases in 2023 to 123 cases in 2024 as of October 17.

Last week’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services in the second ...

The public health department has warned local doctors that the region is in the midst of a significant increase in walking ...

Spokane kids are getting sick from whooping cough, and health officials warn the outbreak will likely last into the spring. As of Friday, 140 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, have been ...

Unlike adults, infants with pertussis may not cough as much or at all ... In its early stages, pertussis can be treated with ...

There is also a Tdap vaccine, which is available to pre-teen children around 11 and 12 years old, adults ... have whooping ...

Oregon health officials are alarmed over the state's rising pertussis case count, which is expected to beat the state's ...

Dr. Shira Doron, Chief of Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine, explains what could be behind an uptick in whooping ...

Local health officials are warning of a sharp increase in whooping cough cases and encouraging residents to take steps to ...

Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, which can spread from person to person through the air via ...