Kansas health officials are monitoring a spike in whooping cough cases around the state this year, marking one of the biggest increases in case numbers in nearly a decade. 27 ...

Whooping Cough cases are at an extremely high level nationwide. Marathon County echoes those high levels with 73 reported cases of pertussis just this year.

Whooping cough is diagnosed by doctors with a combination of laboratory test results and a patient’s symptoms. It’s typically ...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whooping cough cases in the United States are beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels. According to Dr. Jason Newland, chief of ...

Timothy said those who test positive for whooping cough should be on antibiotics for five days before coming out of ...

Whooping cough is surging across the country and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. The CDC reports 32,000 cases have been reported so far this year. That’s six times more than this time last ...

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...