The Oregon Health Authority is encouraging pregnant women and others in contact with infants to get vaccinated against whooping cough, or pertussis. Pertussis is a bacterial infection that spreads ...

Remember when we thought some diseases were practically history? Well, whooping cough just made an unexpected and frankly terrifying comeback. The numbers will shock you: cases skyrocketed from 6,479 ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the “100-day cough,” whooping cough or pertussis ...

It's highly infectious and definitely not a welcome guest. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is on the rise with outbreaks across the country, leaving some parents of infants wondering whether ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Holiday cheer is in the air, and so are infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whooping cough cases in the United States are beginning to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. More than 420 new whooping cough cases were reported across the U.S.

Cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, in the United States are the highest they have been in a decade — and Wisconsin continues to see some of the worst numbers in the country. As of Dec. 14, the U.S ...

Louisiana’s Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham confirmed Thursday that two infants have died in the last six months amid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state, and said vaccines are the best ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — There’s no update or additional information about the South Dakota child who died from the whooping cough and flu, Department of Health officials told KELOLAND News Tuesday.

Pasadena public health officials confirmed four cases of whooping cough at Don Benito Fundamental School.