Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways.

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration depicts a 3D, computer-generated image of a group of Bordetella pertussis bacteria. If someone infected with ...

Holy Cross Medical Center has confirmed a local case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and is urging residents to ...

Health officials are warning that children at Oaklands Elementary School may have come in contact with the bacterium that causes pertussis, which is spread by coughing. Symptoms are initially mild and ...

Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months across the state.The first two deaths in the state represented the first ...

Pasadena investigates a pertussis outbreak at Don Benito Fundamental School after four infections are confirmed.

Whooping cough is spreading at this California school, infecting several people with the ancient disease, as health officials ...

New international research shows vivid mental images experienced by pregnant women when they think about vaccination directly ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. In 2024, there were more than 35,000 ...