The Mississippi State Department of Health held its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, during which it also announced an ...

It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold. But pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months.

Public health officials must prepare to counter ongoing anti-vaccine sentiment in coming years, argues a leading ped ...

Hillsdale Community Health Agency urges residents to take the proper steps to reduce the risk of respiratory illness. The ...

The Douglas County Health Department's midtown has closed temporarily due to water damage from a steam pipe failure.

That’s why the recent surge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, should serve as a warning that we need to do more to ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

As Maine physicians, we urge Sens. Collins and King to oppose the appointment of the anti-vaccine activist as the country's ...

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial ...

Health officials in Washington State saw a huge spike in whooping cough cases in 2024 compared to 2023. According to a report ...

Federal data show cases of pertussis – commonly known as whooping cough – in the state of Washington jumped more than 2,200%.