In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby.

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

As uptake rates improve for the seventh month, more newborns are protected from whooping cough. New figures released today by ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

Cases of whooping cough are nearing record levels in Japan with the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are difficult ...

The state Department of Health calls the rise "staggering," and notes that it coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...

Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – ...

Health experts have warned families across Toowoomba and the southwest to be vaccine vigilant as whooping cough cases spike ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Centers for Disease Control announced 17 new cases of whooping cough, bringing the number of ...