If a person is severely ill with whooping cough, the CDC advises that they may need to be admitted to the hospital so that ...

Veterinarians are alarmed by a rising unknown respiratory illness in dogs across Central Georgia. Here's what we found.

After a dip in diagnoses in recent years, cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have seen a national spike. Two babies in Louisiana died of pertussis in the past six months, said CNN, ...

Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may ...

Whooping cough is spread through respiratory droplets from an infected person and is mitigated by vaccination, which was first introduced in the 1940s. The modern DTaP vaccine aids in protection ...

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and has caused two deaths in Louisiana ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the ...

Laredo Public Health officials report an increase in whooping cough cases and urge vaccination to prevent illness, especially ...

New research could aid in improving whooping cough vaccines to once again push this disease toward eradication by targeting two key weaknesses in the infection.

In the past six months, two babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough. Washington state recently announced its first confirmed death from pertussis ...