A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late ...

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

A baby's cough can range in cause and severity. Recognizing the factors that differentiate between a minor cough that is ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

A Māori paediatrician says the recent rise in pertussis (whooping cough)-related deaths among infants, particularly within ...

Māori are disproportionately affected by the disease, with "shocking immunisation rates" leading to over-representation in ...

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

New Zealand’s ongoing whooping cough epidemic has led to 1232 reported cases and 101 hospitalisations since October 2024. The ...

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. Health New Zealand ...

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

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

There has not been a single case of whooping cough in the previous seven-day period. A case of whooping cough was reported from December 27 to January 2. The Institute later announced that the child ...