Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – ...

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

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

Some do not survive. However, the greatest number of cases occur ... the only sign may be a stubborn cough (the so-called "100-day" cough) that won't go away. If you have whooping cough, you may be ...

Whooping cough activity is peaking in Japan, with more than 32,000 cases this year, while it has slowed in South Korea, where 4,500 cases have been recorded this year, but is on the rise in the US, ...

Whooping cough cases in Australia have been rising since 2024. Here's what's driving the surge and how to stay safe. In Australia, whooping cough vaccine coverage is slipping and is now below the ...

An infectious disease which “disproportionately” impacts young children and babies is eight times higher than expected this ...

Whooping cough, scientifically known as pertussis, is experiencing a dramatic resurgence that threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and endanger millions of adults who mistakenly believe they ...

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease's continued surge here and nationwide.

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

There's an outbreak of whooping cough in Iqaluit and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, according to the territory's chief public health officer.The Department of Health announced the outbreaks in a pair of news ...