Before you receive your whooping cough vaccine, let your healthcare provider know if you: Vaccination is the best way to lower your chances of getting whooping cough. It's also important to wash your ...

Putting your hand in front of your mouth to cover your cough is not advised. When you do this, the droplets can push through your fingers and spread onto everything you touch. The CDC recommends ...

according to the CDC, but may do so via blood specimen or, more commonly, a nose or throat swab. Depending on your symptoms, they may also order a chest X-ray. Over-the-counter cough and cold ...

The CDC reported the following increases in walking ... “Walking pneumonia can be different things. It’s usually not your standard bacterial pneumonia,” Sabella said in an Oct. 28 news ...

Whooping cough cases in mid-October were more than five times higher compared to the same time last year, the CDC warned Oct. 31. Here are four things to know: 1. Pertussis cases have been low ...

Ashley is your community reporter covering ... According to the CDC and local pediatricians, whooping cough is a longer-lasting bacteria that causes violent coughing fits, a "whoop" when inhaling ...

CUMBERLAND (WGME) -- School officials in Cumberland say students and staff may have been exposed to pertussis better known as ...