This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella ...

Approximately 130 confirmed cases of whooping cough (pertussis) have been recorded each day on average in 2024, according to ...

Young children need four doses of pertussis vaccine before 18 months of age for best protection. Antibiotic treatment for ...

Australia is experiencing the largest whooping cough outbreak since vaccines were introduced, with over 41,000 cases reported ...

Whooping cough can catch one off guard. Why it isn't diagnosed at an early stage has a lot to do with its early flu-like ...

The Fishers Health Department has received reports of "several probable or suspected" cases of pertussis, known as whooping ...

please keep your child at home for the first 5 days of the appropriate antibiotic treatment, or until test results are known.” Whooping cough is caused by bacteria infecting the mouth, nose and throat ...

Cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, are climbing back to pre-pandemic levels nationwide, and Mid-Missouri is no exception.

Tompkins County Whole Health advises early antibiotic treatment for whooping cough and stresses that vaccination is the best ...

Vaccinations for the respiratory illness declined between 2019 and 2023, according to Kitsap Public Health District.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents to a significant rise in pertussis cases, also known as ...