Autumn is the time when colds come knocking. The return to schools and preschools, where children easily catch minor and ...

With three months remaining in the year, Lancaster County has had more cases of pertussis — also known as whooping cough — ...

When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some people ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, ...

Croup is a common infection in children. It causes swelling in the upper part of the airway in the neck. It causes a barking cough, with or without fever. And it may cause problems with breathing. The ...

Whooping cough is making a surge in Canada at a time when schools are reopening and ahead of the fall respiratory illness season. Some provinces — Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick in particular ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Iowa, state public health officials say. There have been 72 cases of whooping cough identified so far this year, the highest case count recorded since 2019 ...

MEANTIME. THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE STATE IS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN PERTUSSIS -- ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH. 28 CASES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN JUNE AND LATE AUGUST ACROSS SIX ...