The Douglas County Health Department said Wednesday that cases of pertussis, also known as “whooping cough,” have spiked in recent weeks.

Health officials in Washington state are alerting residents to a sharp rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping ...

Authorities expect to begin emptying oil from a Chinese ship stranded off the coast of northern Taiwan by Typhoon Kong-rey.

State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Children and adolescents are ...

Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, which can spread from person to person through the air via ...

WAMPSVILLE — Madison County Public Health officials announced Wednesday they are seeing an increase in pertussis cases among ...

Though whooping cough often starts with common cold symptoms—coughing ... provider and stay home from school until they’ve ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise in the Bay Area, California and across the U.S. It's a bacterial infection known for severe coughing fits. Nationally, vaccination rates for pertussis have ...

Whooping Cough continues to have higher-than-expected case counts in Grant County and across the state of Washington ...

According to Dr. James Miller, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Officer, vaccines are essential in stopping whooping cough, ...