The Rutherford County School District has announced a confirmed case of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough in the school dis ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Rutherford County School (RCS) system alerted parents of one of its high schools to a ...

Jenkins Middle School has emailed parents with information about the potential spread of whooping cough among seventh-grade ...

Parents have been asked to monitor their children amid a whooping outbreak at a Colorado Springs school. 11 News reached out ...

Parents at Oakland Middle School, Oakland High School, and at the McFadden School of Excellence have all gotten calls that ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

Local health experts are raising concern as cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to spread in the region. The highly contagious respiratory ...

Whooping cough cases are declining again, according to the Health Board, but increased interest in vaccination has led to a ...

Because newborns do not have a fully developed immune system, people spending time around them including parents, siblings, ...

Only four cases of the disease commonly known as whooping cough were reported from 2020 to 2023. "It's a big jump. It's pretty concerning," said Dr. Nadia Asif, a Saint Vincent Hospital pediatrician. ...

Condition affects about 16m people per year, and accounts for about 160,700 deaths in children younger than five ...

Whooping cough cases have surged to their highest levels since 2014, with health experts urging vaccinations and preventative ...