When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some people ...

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

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed that a letter dated September 18 was sent to some parents whose children attend ...

14,569 cases of whooping cough have been reported in total for 2024 so far — four times higher than the agency's reported ...

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

Advice from the NHS as to what exactly that cough means, and when you should head to your GP, or even the hospital ...

painful cough. Then, the only treatment is comfort care with plenty of rest and fluids while the infection runs its course. Unvaccinated babies and adults are those at highest risk of severe ...

A teenager whose life was saved by a heart transplant has urged people to give children like him a "second chance at life".

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace ... for months about a resurgence in breakthrough infections in older children and adults, even though unvaccinated young children and ...

Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are on the rise across the United States, according to the nonprofit WastewaterSCAN network. This common virus could lead to a rare but serious ...