The number of whooping cough cases have more than quadrupled in the U.S. since last year, according to data reported by the ...

Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, ...

Doctors recommend children be vaccinated many times for whooping cough while they are infants, before they start Kindergarten, and then again before middle school. Receiving these vaccines can ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. It causes lengthy and repeated bouts of coughing, which can sometimes lead to infected individuals making a ...

The classic sound of whooping ... cough is grating and unmistakable: A harsh, deep hacking that's often followed by a distinctive "whoop" as patients struggle to breathe. It's not the kind of ...

Vaccination in pregnancy is key to passively protecting babies before they can be directly protected by the infant vaccine programme Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the lungs and ...

Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease also known as pertussis. It's a bacterial infection that can cause violent, uncontrollable coughing that can make it difficult to breathe.

The sound of whooping cough ... up to three weeks after the cough begins. Health officials said if people are treated with the appropriate antibiotics early in the infection period, treatment ...

On the first week of September (2-8), 81 suspected cases of whooping cough were registered by GPs in Hungary, according to the latest weekly report from the National Centre for Public Health and ...

Portland State’s game against South Dakota on Saturday was canceled because of a whooping cough case ... Pertussis is a respiratory infection that is easily spread from person to person but ...