Although in the post-Covid-19 era, pertussis incidences soared spectacularly, pertussis cases were already on the rise before ...

While vaccinations are high for Oklahoma, the state still sees high numbers, while the state health department looks for ways ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That marks the most ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department on Thursday announced that cases of whooping cough ...

Diseases such as whooping cough are at historic highs in Florida, but the heartbreaking reality is that many childhood ...

The Mobile County Health Department has seen an increase in whooping cough cases this month especially in schools. Pertussis, ...

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood ...

The FDA has approved use of GlaxoSmithKline’s Boostrix (Tdap) vaccine for use during the third trimester of pregnancy, for prevention of pertussis (whooping cough) in infants younger than two ...

Young infants are at more risk because they don't get the first of six doses of the vaccine until they are two months old. So, before that, they are unprotected and more likely to die from whooping ...

The disease, often referred to as pertussis, has affected 71 Oklahomans since the start of the year. Last year, Oklahoma finished the year with 469 total cases—just about 1% of the 35,493 ...

That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since a 2017 surge of the illness, which is also known as pertussis. Over the last month, pertussis infections have been rising again.