Katie Van Tornhout, an Indiana woman who lost her 37-day-old daughter to whooping cough, recalls the heartbreak of losing a ...

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

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In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, ...

These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the ...

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

The problem was evident in overall immunization rates for a series of recommended vaccines — including the "DTaP" vaccine against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis and the "MMR" vaccine to prevent ...

Children entering childcare or preschool have to be caught up on diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP); pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); H. influenzae Type B (Hib); polio; measles, mumps, rubella (MMR); ...