Infants under 12 months and pregnant people are particularly vulnerable. A pediatric infectious disease specialist shares ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise as we head into the new school year. That's compared to the last few years, when incidence was low compared to the years before the COVID-19 pandemic ...

AKWESASNE — The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne department of health’s infection prevention and control (IPAC) program has ...

EVERETT — Local cases of whooping cough have quadrupled since May, the Snohomish County Health Department reported this week.

Iowa Department of Health officials say pertussis, the contagious respiratory illness commonly known as whooping cough, has been rising since May.

A bacterial disease called whooping cough is on the rise in Canada, especially in Quebec. Here’s how kids and teens can ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in Snohomish County, with the health department confirming more than 40 cases of pertussis so ...

“Without treatment, people are infectious for three weeks, but with antibiotics, you’re not infectious after five days,” she says. To prevent the spread of infection, people diagnosed with whooping ...

likely due to more people at the time wearing masks and staying home from schools and offices. So far this year, a total of more than 10,000 pertussis cases have been reported by health departments.

Without treatment, individuals with whooping cough are infectious as long as 21 ... Health officials also recommend individuals stay home when they are feeling sick, regularly wash your hands ...