Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

Cases of pertussis, which is also known as Whooping Cough, are on the rise in Mobile County.Last year there were fifteen ...

Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says. For the first week or so of ...

Unfortunately, another vaccine-preventable illness is also sickening children and adults at an increased rate over previous ...

Young infants are at more risk because they don't get the first of six doses of the vaccine until they are two months old. So, before that, they are unprotected and more likely to die from whooping ...

Another case of “whooping cough” this winter has been linked to Ellensburg High School. Officials with the Kittitas County Public Health Department said a student at the school has tested positive for ...

Kline is talking about whooping cough, also known as pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Babies under ...

Plummeting immunization rates, outbreaks of once-vanquished childhood diseases, and the appointment of a vocal vaccine ...