Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The infection attacks the lining of the breathing passages. People can get ...
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The infection attacks the lining of the breathing passages. People can get ...
Health department officials said they are working closely with school officials to find students and staff who may have been ...
Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...
If a person is severely ill with whooping cough, the CDC advises that they may need to be admitted to the hospital so that medical providers can monitor their breathing and give them oxygen and fluids ...
Cascade Public Schools officials recently confirmed two cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, triggering outreach to families and reminders about illness protocols. According to district ...
The whoop torments babies, mostly, as they struggle to suck in air after a merciless bout of coughing. Others have broken ribs during the violent spells. Whooping cough, or pertussis, appears to have ...
A "potentially catastrophic" decline in Australia's childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in ...
As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...
LOUISIANA, USA — State health officials say no new measles cases have been detected across the state. Doctors say if small children or infants get whooping cough, it could be fatal. The Louisiana ...
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- The first whooping cough death in Washington since 2011 has been confirmed in Spokane County last week. According to Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), a child under the ...
Texas reported more cases of whooping cough last year than anytime in the last 66 years, according to provisional data from ...