Because newborns do not have a fully developed immune system, people spending time around them including parents, siblings, ...

Whooping cough cases have surged to their highest levels since 2014, with health experts urging vaccinations and preventative ...

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

A baby has died from whooping cough during the Christmas period, marking the first fatality since the national epidemic was ...

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

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

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Dr ...

A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late last year, as cases spiked to levels not seen since 2018. What you need to ...

Cases of whooping cough are still being reported in Samoa, with 321 reported cases from September to 5 January. The Ministry ...

Whooping cough is annoying, but tolerable, for most adults. But for infants, the disease can be serious, even deadly.

According to Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) the numbers of whooping cough cases tripled in 2024, compared to the previous year and cases continue to grow. The symptoms of whooping ...

Babies can wind up hospitalized or even die from the bacterial infection. That’s why the recent surge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, should serve as a warning that we need to do more ...