A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024.

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Dr ...

Vaccine hesitancy — even against the most ... prevention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. That puts whooping cough in the same neighborhood of infectiousness as measles, she says.

If you've heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it's easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak strikes fear in a parent's heart. Babies can wind up hospitalized or even die ...

But in infants and seniors, these viruses can ... New Nasal Vaccine Shows Promise in Curbing Whooping Cough Spread Nov. 18, 2024 — A new nasal whooping cough vaccine showed an ability to prevent ...

Whooping cough is annoying, but tolerable, for most adults. But for infants, the disease can be serious, even deadly.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been reported in the St. Paul Public School District, with at least one case confirmed as of Saturday, according to an email sent by the district to families. In the ...

Flathead County has seen a spike in pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in recent months. The county recorded 21 cases of pertussis, a respiratory disease that poses a danger to infants, in 2024 with ...

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

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be behind us, but the end of lockdown has left another illness on the rise: ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis ... the vaccination rate for those who have completed all five doses of the tdap vaccine, which prevents tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, is about ...

A current focus for pediatricians is educating pregnant women about the vaccine and whooping cough in general. Graham recommends that an expecting mother receive the vaccine during their pregnancy ...