A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

A Heywood Hospital doctor advises greater Gardner residents on how to protect themselves against a quademic of respiratory ...

Coughing is one of the body's defense mechanisms of getting rid of phlegm, mucus, sputum, postnasal drip, or a foreign body.

It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. Cases of pertussis -- or whooping cough -- are surging ...

While the pandemic’s emergency phase ended in May 2023, the threat of infection remains a governing force in the lives of ...

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak ...

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Wanting to help children was one of the main reasons I became an ...

"The pertussis cough has a very distinctive sound in children and adults," says Leticia Berber with the Fresno County Department of Public Health. "It has the whoop." Cases of pertussis -- or ...

A mum has taken to the internet to ask users if she's in the wrong for giving her baby daughter a 'unique' name – but people ...

Colton and Sophia Adkins say their 16-month-old son’s mild cough on Christmas Eve has turned into an unimaginable nightmare.

Background: Children presenting with chronic cough are common to the primary care physicians, but data on the etiology are scant. Methods: We evaluated 40 children (age range, 5 to 12 years ...