Carson City experienced a spike in pertussis cases last year that now has health officials urging residents to complete ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, are soaring nationwide, Wisconsin seems to be sidestepping another outbreak this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. San Bernardino County health officials are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases nearly triple compared to last year, part of ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) — When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing ...

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Floyd County Health Department confirmed three additional cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 17 in ...

By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia As measles and pertussis cases surge across multiple states, researchers argue that the real vulnerability lies not only in individual choice but in the policies that allow ...

A "potentially catastrophic" decline in Australia's childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in cases of whooping cough in 35 years, infectious diseases experts say.

Five Indigenous Yanomami infants have reportedly died from a preventable respiratory illness called pertussis, or whooping cough. The outbreak began Jan. 7 in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in ...

Texas reported more cases of whooping cough last year than anytime in the last 66 years, according to provisional data from the state health department. This peak comes as vaccination rates among ...