Jenkins Middle School has emailed parents with information about the potential spread of whooping cough among seventh-grade ...

Local health experts are raising concern as cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to spread in the region. The highly contagious respiratory ...

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

Northwest Public Schools shared that two students have been diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough) on Monday.

ILiAD Biotechnologies, LLC, a biotech company developing BPZE1, the most advanced next generation intranasal pertussis vaccine to protect against whooping cough, today announced that following a ...

The Department of Health is reporting the death of a child due to a co-infection of Pertussis and influenza. The last Pertussis death occurred in 2023 among a ...

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 ...

Whooping cough cases have surged to their highest levels since 2014, with health experts urging vaccinations and preventative ...

Croup in kids occurs due to a viral infection in the vocal cords and the trachea (windpipe). The infection causes swelling ...

Schools have been sending a letter to families when a case of pertussis is identified by a health care provider or the ...

The best defense against pertussis is vaccination. The DTaP vaccine and the Tdap booster provide effective protection, reducing the risk of severe illness and limiting the spread. Parents should ...

Coughing is one of the body's defense mechanisms of getting rid of phlegm, mucus, sputum, postnasal drip, or a foreign body.