Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...

The state's rate of exemptions from one or more required immunizations is more than double the national average, a new CDC ...

Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have ...

The highly infectious respiratory disease is circulating through the US and Oklahoma. Here's what to know about the spread ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high in the state. The Minnesota Department of Health ...

Q: I've been seeing a lot of news stories about whooping cough. Is there really another illness that we need worry about?

Several cases of whooping cough have been reported in Galveston County lately and several more are suspected, according to ...

Cases of whooping cough have dramatically surged in 2024, returning to pre-pandemic trends. According to the Centers for ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a serious illness. It’s highly contagious, can leave you with a hacking cough for ...

There has been a fourfold increase in whooping cough cases in the USA this season. The illness, particularly severe in ...

According to the CDC, there have been 844 cases of confirmed whooping cough – also called pertussis – through Oct. 5 in ...

It starts with typical cold symptoms. After about two weeks a person will develop a "heavy, hard cough and the classic whoop ...