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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country. The outbreaks are fueled by falling vaccination ...

Rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country. The outbreaks are fueled by falling vaccination ...

(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 ...

Panama has alerted Costa Rican health officials to a pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in the Ngäbe Buglé comarca, sparking concerns over potential spread across the shared border. The Panamanian ...

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 ...

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 immunity gaps to widen and ...