Health officials warn of increased whooping cough spread in local schools
The Madison County Health Department is seeing an increase in whooping cough, cases among school-aged children.
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State tracking increase in whooping cough, pneumonia
State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia.Children and adolescents are primarily ...
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Health officials tracking increase in whooping cough, walking pneumonia in Mass.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a "highly contagious acute respiratory illness" that starts with mild symptoms, Goldstein said. Infected individuals later develop a severe cough that can ...
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Upstate New York County Warns of Widespread Infection in Children
An Upstate NY county is warning parents of an increase in cases of a potentially deadly bacterial infection in kids.
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‘Highly contagious’: Mass. health officials tracking increases in whooping cough, pneumonia
Dr. Shira Doron, Chief of Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine, explains what could be behind an uptick in whooping ...