The Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment is urging residents to take precautions as cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, continue to rise locally, statewide and ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, ...

There has been an statewide uptick in cases of whooping cough, say Massachusetts medical experts, who are urging residents to ...

Peperzak Middle School sent a letter to parents Tuesday warning that their child may have been exposed to whooping cough.

Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It’s known for the "whoop" noise when someone gasps for air after a coughing fit that ...

whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It spreads easily from person to person through the air.

A whooping cough epidemic has been declared in Aotearoa. In the past four weeks, there have been 263 cases of whooping cough (Pertussis) - the highest number of cases over a month this year.

Current pertussis vaccines are widely used and effective at preventing whooping cough, caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. However, the vaccines fail to clear bacteria from the upper ...

A potentially deadly disease in infants, whooping cough — pertussis — has exploded in Michigan this year, in part because of ...