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Doctors encourage expecting mothers to get whooping cough, also known as pertussis, vaccine to help protect babies after ...

After dropping to zero cases in 2021 and notching just 16 in 2023, Whooping cough has surged this year in Kane County, with ...

New Zealand has declared a whooping cough epidemic, the fourth since it became a notifiable disease in 1996.

CANANDAIGUA, NY — The Ontario County Health Department is reporting an increase in the number of whooping cough cases in the ...

Officials say whooping cough cases are rising in San Antonio and show a 230% increase from the cases reported the prior year.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis ... Adolescents and adults typically recover without complications or treatment, but ...

Whooping cough — highly contagious and potentially dangerous — has surged in California to levels not seen since the start of ...

A new nasal whooping cough vaccine showed an ability to prevent both infection and transmission of the disease in mice. Current vaccines offer treatment but fail to halt transmission of the bacteria ...

Madison County Public Health has announced an increase in pertussis cases among school-aged children in the county. Pertussis, also called whooping cough, is a bacterial respiratory infection that ...

This increase in pertussis cases represents a return to pre-pandemic trends, as 2024 marks a rebound in cases following lower-than-usual levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. DSHS advises timely ...

Later stages of pertussis can include severe coughing fits, a “whoop” sound caused by the person gasping for air between ...