Nationwide, CDC has reported that kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and vaccine exemptions are at an all-time ...

Five times as many cases of the potentially fatal illness have been reported so far in 2024, compared with the same time last ...

The CDC reported that more than five times as many whooping cough cases have been recorded compared to 2023 in a return to ...

"This is an infection that causes quite a significant cough," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases ...

Q: I’ve been seeing a lot of news stories about whooping cough. Is there really another illness that we need worry about?

Good morning, Chicago. Chicago Public Schools has announced a record-breaking graduation rate, with 84.1% of students ...

Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the Centers for ...

When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...