Texas is reporting a significant increase in cases of pertussis, or better known as whooping cough, a highly contagious ...
Whooping cough, an illness caused by the pertussis bacteria, can cause severe respiratory symptoms and even death in young infants. In 2010, nearly 6,000 cases of whooping cough (including 10 deaths) ...
Vaccine advocates say hospitals are missing an opportunity to help rein in a dangerous outbreak of whooping cough.