A human challenge trial has shown a new vaccine could offer better protection against whooping cough. The new study, ...
Roche’s point-of-care polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for pertussis (whooping cough) and other Bordetella infections has ...
December 02, 2025-- ILiAD Biotechnologies, LLC (ILiAD), an advanced clinical stage biotech company focused on the prevention and treatment of disease caused by Bordetella Pertussis, today announced ...
Designed for use in doctor’s offices, clinics and emergency rooms, the PCR diagnostic aims to deliver results in fewer than ...
Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical ...
A third infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky this year, marking the latest victim in what health officials are calling the worst outbreak since 2012.
More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This ...
Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...
Whooping cough (or pertussis) cases are on the rise, causing concerns of a resurgence of the highly contagious disease.
The resurgence of whooping cough has no single cause. Instead, several problems are occurring at once: falling vaccine coverage, only about 60% of pregnant women receiving Tdap, waning immunity, ...