Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...

Whooping cough or pertussis numbers across the United States are at the highest level in the last ten years, according to the ...

The CDC said there have been four-times as many cases of whooping cough as last year. This disease along with walking ...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria. It can cause severe coughing fits of up to 10 weeks or more, followed by a high-pitched “whoop” sound when breathing in.

Pertussis, commonly known as the whooping cough, is back big time. As of Oct. 5 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that preliminary data showed more than five times as many cases ...

A change in season has brought a surge in highly contagious infections like whooping cough and walking pneumonia, especially ...

The early symptoms of whooping cough sound like a normal cold but the coughs develop into ones that sound like “whoop” when ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the Centers for ...

The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year of age and anyone with a compromised immune system or moderate to severe medically treated asthma have the highest risk of developing whooping cough and ...

Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that spikes in the fall ... Pregnant people should also get the vaccine to boost their baby’s immune system and ...

A Blue Springs High School student was diagnosed with the respiratory illness Wednesday, leading to conversations between JCPH and the Blue Springs School District. “Pertussis is a contagious ...

Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that spikes ... get the vaccine to boost their baby’s immune system and protect them in their first few months ...