More than 80 people had pertussis in McHenry County in 2024, according to provisional data from the McHenry County Department ...

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak strikes fear in a parent’s heart.

Infants typically receive the vaccine in a three-dose series of DTap shots between two and six months of age, then two more boosters by age 6. Adolescents and adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 ...

The North Idaho health provider says it has seen a record number of Pertussis cases and urges people to get vaccinated to ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Public Health said there is an outbreak of whooping cough at North Penn High School. An email from North Penn School ...

The CDC said that cases of whooping cause increased across the United States, which indicated a return to more typical ...

According to Dr. Hawkinson, some areas of the country are also seeing higher cases of norovirus. Add in whooping cough, ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the respiratory tract.

The CDC recently released data showing 32,085 cases of whooping cough in 2024, with the previous year revealing 6,479 ...

The seasonal increase in norovirus cases is tied to colder months, when people gather indoors more frequently, especially for the holidays. Experts believe the pandemic-era reduction in outbreaks and ...

Health officials warning about a significant rise in Whooping cough cases, with hundreds of cases in Oklahoma reported in ...