Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...

Four cases of measles were recently reported in the commonwealth, prompting health officials to discuss the importance of vaccines.

Weekly cases of whooping cough have hit a record high in Japan. Whooping cough is an infectious bacterial disease ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

For them, news of measles outbreaks and rising whooping cough cases brings back terrible memories of lives forever changed — ...