Feeling under the weather? Local health officials are tracking a variety of viruses making rounds in the community right now.

The seasonal increase in norovirus cases is tied to colder months, when people gather indoors more frequently, especially for the holidays. Experts believe the pandemic-era reduction in outbreaks and ...

Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by an intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." The illness spreads from person to person through the air, carried ...

Whooping cough’s medical name is Pertussis. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Pertussis is caused by the bacteria Bordetella Pertussis. Whooping cough bacteria attach to the ...

Of children under 1 who were hospitalized with whooping cough last year, only around 29% had gotten at least three vaccine ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Whooping cough cases are racing across the country. The U.S. has seen five times more cases in 2024 than we did at this time last year. That includes a resurgence in ...

Oklahoma is seeing a rise in Whooping Cough ... population.” The cough can last an average of 100 days and, for infants to toddlers, can do damage. “Younger infants under age one can get ...

TULSA, Okla. — As cases of whooping cough continue to rise across Green Country, the Tulsa Health Department reported four people have been hospitalized because of the infection this year.

Pertussis — or whooping cough — is also circulating in the community, and Emily Dickinson Elementary School asked parents to pick up their kids as soon as possible Thursday due to rising ...

He was later transferred to Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane, where doctors determined he had whooping cough. "It's much less problematic in older kids or adults. Kids under a year, especially ...

Whooping cough ... free whooping cough vaccines: Pregnant women from 20 weeks for each pregnancy – this vaccine will pass on protection to their newborns. Babies under six months during their ...