The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Centers for Disease Control announced 17 new cases of whooping cough, bringing the number of ...

Nunavut’s health department has declared an end to tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. Arviat and Naujaat ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Parents have trusted the medical profession to provide safe preventive care for their children, yet now they have been ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

Kent County has confirmed its second measles case of the year in a young child. The child’s family had a recent history of international travel, the Kent County Health Department announced Wednesday, ...

Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high. There have been ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

It can affect people of all ages. Many people who have this virus don’t develop any symptoms of the disease. But 1 in 5 people may develop a fever that occurs with other symptoms, including a rash.