A Northland pediatrician fears infants in the region will die from whooping cough unless more pregnant women and young babies ...

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

As we enter what's generally considered the cold and flu season, COVID, that recent third and most potent side of this health-impairment triangle, has receded from public view, due to its infrequency.