Whooping cough is highly preventable, but waning vaccine rates are leading to more outbreaks and even some infant deaths.

Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s and included in the childhood vaccination ...

In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis cases has resulted in the deaths of infants in several states across the country this year, from Kentucky to Oregon. A UT Health San Antonio infectious diseases ...

With whooping cough cases in West Virginia at a record high this year, a physician said residents should consider getting a ...

D FEDERAL DATA SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 25,000 CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH IN THE UNITED STATES SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. It starts out like a ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Over the last few years, the U.S. has experienced a troubling resurgence of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

The poll revealed that up to 30% of Americans do not know whooping cough is also called pertussis, and just 43% recognized ...