There have been more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, according to preliminary data from mid-December — about six ...

Whooping cough can cause symptoms including severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is making a resurgence in Oklahoma. One district cancelled classes when it was found ...

Wisconsin continues to see the third-worst outbreak in the country, with only Pennsylvania and New York reporting higher case ...

Amid harsh winter months when respiratory illnesses are anyway on the rise, stricter precautions have to be taken by health ...

Vaccination is the best way to protect against whooping cough, the CDC says; the agency recommends that children get the DTaP ...

One dose of a different formulation of the shot, the Tdap vaccine, is also recommended for preteens between 11 and 12 and for adults every 10 years. Whooping cough vaccination rates in the U.S ...

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Michigan is seeing its highest number of pertussis infections in a decade. As of Dec. 8, the state health department reported ...

There is a national subsidy for pregnant women who get the whooping cough vaccine, and adults are encouraged to get their ...

A rural Oklahoma school district shut down early for the holiday break after someone tested positive for the highly infectious disease pertussis, also known as whooping cough. In a post to the ...