Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by an intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." The illness spreads from person to person through the air, carried ...

National case totals for that bacterial infection are climbing, including those here in the Kansas City metro.

Queensland is grappling with a never-before-seen explosion of deadly whooping cough, with the state recording more cases in ...

In 2024, Oregon recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases, also known as Pertussis, since 1950. About 315 of the ...

Dr. Michelle Migliore, DO from the St. Joseph County Department of Health talked about some of the possible reasons behind the recent rise of 'whooping cough'.

Whooping cough, or pertussis cases are continuing to rise here in Wisconsin and nationwide. According to the Centers for ...

Vaccines are a big deal. A landmark study published in The Lancet this spring calculated global vaccination efforts targeting ...

Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have hit their highest level in more than a decade, according to the U.S. Centers for ...

All of the health specialists say it's not too late to get vaccinated for flu, COVID, RSV, or pneumonia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you can get the RSV vaccine if you ...

Aurora Health Care confirmed Friday to 12 News that it will institute a mask mandate next week amid a rise in illness. In a ...

As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year ...