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

Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby.

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...

As uptake rates improve for the seventh month, more newborns are protected from whooping cough. New figures released today by ...

Cases of whooping cough are nearing record levels in Japan with the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are difficult ...

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