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.

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In a recent essay, pediatrician-scientist Peter Hotez proposes a focus on local data, improved benefit-risk communications, ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Wednesday, Jan. 1, issued an urgent call for Californians, particularly ...

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 ...