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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 cough should stay away from others and contact their health care provider to ...

However, the condition can affect adults ... a wet cough that brings up thick mucus and babies may experience difficulty breathing. “Pertussis can be treated with antibiotics, but treatment ...

Experts reveal the most common types of cough and the remedies to fix them so you can get a restful night’s sleep Night-time coughing can wreck your sleep pattern and lead to lethargy and ...

SAD 51 is dealing with a minor outbreak of whooping cough, according to Superintendent Jeff Porter, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring the situation.

please keep your child at home for the first 5 days of the appropriate antibiotic treatment, or until test results are known.” Whooping cough is caused by bacteria infecting the mouth ...

It’s important to remember that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, can impact adults as well as kids ... infectious diseases at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.