Pediatricians like me are worried that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will make it harder for children to get the ...

With a whooping 8 hours and 44 minutes long speech, House Minority Leader’s remark against President Donald Trump’s One Big ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service this week reported steady growth in the population of the rarest crane in the world.

Parents in San Luis Obispo County face challenges concerning child safety, health and well-being. These articles share a ...

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

West Australian health experts say whooping cough rates in the state's north are rising due to low "on-time" vaccination rates and increased testing post-COVID. Whooping cough is a highly ...

Whooping cough presents as the common cold initially, the according to the CDC, so watching for signs is important. If it's whooping cough, symptoms tend to play out in three stages.

Today, whooping cough mainly affects children too young for the vaccine, and cases are skyrocketing. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, whooping cough cases are more than double ...

Whooping cough can lead to pneumonia, seizures or difficulty breathing. One in three children younger than 1 year old will need to be hospitalized, and the CDC confirmed at least a dozen deaths ...