Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a serious illness. It’s highly contagious, can leave you with a hacking cough for months, and is especially dangerous to babies. The CDC reports that ...

It also sends notification letters, and on Friday sent information on whooping cough to all district families to create more awareness about combatting the illness. The county said they're most ...

A warning for parents: whooping cough is on the rise this year ... Cynthia Erivo criticises ‘offensive’ edit of 'Wicked' poster ...

A young boy (18 months) with a nasty cough, trying to catch his breath. Pertussis, also know as whooping cough, has surged this year, particularly during the back-to-school period, as my colleague ...

"The nice thing that we have seen recently is a lot of awareness around pertussis, we are not seeing that delay in diagnosis and we are seeing providers really cue into that," Springer said.

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood ...

Q: I’ve been seeing a lot of news stories about whooping cough. Is there really another illness that we need worry about? What is whooping cough, and how do you get it? What is the treatment?

MILWAUKEE — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far ...

Better awareness about any disease often leads to more reporting of cases, federal health officials say. Genetic changes to the pertussis bacteria that allow it to better survive may also play a ...

Three new cases of whooping cough in Anne Arundel County that made headlines in Maryland this week are part of an ongoing uptick of the highly contagious disease in the United States. But as ...

Pertussis, generally known as whooping cough ... slow down the spread but it’s going to take some work. “We need an awareness in the community so that when cases do occur, they’re recognized ...

Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far, the Centers for ...