"The whole-cell pertussis vaccine, while more effective, also caused more side effects because it had more antigens in it," Dr. Jason Terk, a pediatrician at Cook Children’s Health Care System in ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human ...

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to urge ...

There are two infant deaths linked to whooping cough in Louisiana. The fatalities of two babies are why parents say it’s now more important than ever to use caution. State leaders describe it as the ...

A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after contracting the infection, the UK ...

Louisiana is experiencing one of its worst whooping cough outbreaks in recent decades, as childhood vaccination rates are ...

The number of cases of whooping cough in New Hampshire this year are already nearly as high as the total number of cases in ...

CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HAYWOOD COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER CASE OF PERTUSSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN REPORTED. THAT’S UP FROM FIVE CASES REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, SIX REPORTED ...

Two students at WSU have been diagnosed with whooping cough, the university announced Wednesday. People living in dormitories ...

An Orange County baby died from whooping cough, the first confirmed infant death from the disease since 2018, health officials announced Thursday. The California Department of Public Health did not ...

Parents' refusal of the pertussis shot may place kids in serious jeopardy. May 26, 2009— -- Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times ...

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, UKHSA deputy director, says the death reminds everyone how ‘severe’ whooping cough can be for young ...