Deaconess also reminded the public that whooping cough can pose life-threatening complications, particularly in infants and young children. It's preventable through vaccination, b ...

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of people during ...

As a flurry of respiratory illnesses continues to rise around the nation, Kitsap health officer Dr. Gib Morrow shared that ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

The virus that can cause coughing fits so intense that patients can fracture a rib — whooping cough, also known as pertussis ...

Health officials have seen a spike in whooping cough cases over the last year, which has caused a growing amount of concern.

Officials say over the past 12 months, there have been nine cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough.

Symptoms for the infection vary depending on what stage it’s in. Towards the beginning, someone with whooping cough will have a fever, sneezing and coughing, over time, that cough gets worse. Delphene ...

Kennedy Jr., the country's best-known anti-vaccine activist, as its top health official, infectious disease and public health ...

This 19th-Century killer is making a comeback – and with protection from the whooping cough vaccine waning over time, the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise. The ...

The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year ...