McKinley Health Center is seeing a rising number of people with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Pertussis is caused ...

Seasonal sickness is on the rise and may be severe for the youngest in your homes. The CDC reports cases of whooping cough ...

Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the ...

This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...

One-in-four children turning 13 missed out on their whooping cough booster in 2023, and only one-in-five people aged over 50 ...

Whooping cough (pertussis ... "Unfortunately, the diagnosis is often missed because the dry cough may be mistaken for a virus," Siegel said. Adults can be treated with doxycycline, a type of ...

The most effective way to prevent whooping cough is through vaccination, according to the CDC. The agency recommends everyone from young kids to adults get vaccinated. "This is a part of the ...

If it goes untreated, it can cause pneumonia, infections, and even death. While the whooping cough vaccine is given during ...

The infection itself can last over three months. If an adult has it, whooping cough can be transmitted to children too young to have been fully vaccinated, such as babies or teenagers and ...

Last week, the state reported that so far this year, 1,099 cases of whooping cough have been reported compared to just 45 at ...

Adults who are working with kids who are, particularly, in school settings and the health care settings, it's very important that we get immunized against whooping cough. With patients who have ...

Some patients also end up with a fractured rib. For teens and adults, whooping cough can lead to complications such as pneumonia. “Complications are usually less serious in this older age group ...