Hampshire Hospitals' maternity team has exceeded its target for administering whooping cough vaccinations. More than 1,120 were given in the first six months, more than double the expected figure. The ...

Australia is battling the largest whooping cough epidemic in history since the invention of vaccines against the deadly ...

Comprehensive coverage of the hexavalent vaccine can protect against whooping cough and polio, averting disease resurgence, writes Esther Nakkazi.

Immunity from the pertussis vaccination passes to babies through the placenta, which provides passive protection against ...

Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new genomic test that can identify ...

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The ex-president also said he is ...

Donald Trump hasn't ruled out a vaccine ban after saying he'll give Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has spread falsehoods about ...

Kathryn Alcaide, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, has revealed her heartbreak after losing her baby [shown right] to a violent coughing condition just weeks after he was born.

A whole host of diseases that were rife in the Victorian era are spreading, with malnutrition, a fall in MMR vaccination ...

More young children are catching walking pneumonia this year, as cases of the respiratory illness continue to surge around the country.

In today's health headlines, the Centers for Disease Control reports that whooping cough and walking pneumonia are on the rise.

If it spreads to the lungs or brain, it can lead to serious complications. Across England, hospital visits resulting in a ...