Washington state is experiencing a spike in whooping cough cases with nearly 1,200 reported cases so far this year, that's up ...

Comprehensive coverage of the hexavalent vaccine can protect against whooping cough and polio, averting disease resurgence, writes Esther Nakkazi.

Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new genomic test that can identify ...

Cases of whooping cough are five times higher than at this time a year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning. Officially known as pertussis, those infected have ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. While cases decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, relaxed precautions are ...

Whooping cough, more formally known as pertussis, is a respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It is highly contagious, spread through droplets from the lungs, and ...

Caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis, whooping cough is also known by its clinical name, pertussis. During the first nine months of this year, there were 483 probable and ...