North America’s tallest bird is also one of its rarest. Seeing one in the wild can be the pursuit of a lifetime.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first case of pertussis also known as whopping cough has been reported in Port ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

Māori are disproportionately affected by the disease, with "shocking immunisation rates" leading to over-representation in ...

A Heywood Hospital doctor advises greater Gardner residents on how to protect themselves against a quademic of respiratory ...

The tragic news comes as health services across Aotearoa New Zealand continue to respond to a nationwide whooping cough epidemic, with 1,232 cases notified since the onset of the epidemic (from 19 ...

It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. Cases of pertussis -- or whooping cough -- are surging ...

A baby died from whooping cough over the Christmas period, Health New Zealand says. Officials declared an epidemic several ...

Dr. Emil Prikryl, a medical officer of health with N.L. Health Services, says besides influenza, there’s COVID-19, RVS and ...

Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may ...

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to our monthly letters column. Flu season in the United States peaks during December, January and February, so please take precautions. We recently wrote about several ...