Data show the whooping cough vaccine coverage among kindergarteners in North Carolina has dropped in recent years.

Even vaccinated children can catch and spread whooping cough. Here’s why experts say booster shots and awareness are key.

This increase in whooping cough diagnoses has pediatricians worried for children who are too young to be vaccinated or ...

A fourth case of whooping cough or pertussis has been confirmed on Guam this year, the Department of Public Health and Social ...

An infant has died from pertussis, also known as whooping cough, the Mississippi State Department of Health said.

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

It’s not just the flu that Americans need to worry about this fall season. In recent months, public health officials have ...

While most people recover at home, anyone who is very unwell or has trouble breathing should seek urgent medical help. Not ...

Parents' refusal of the pertussis shot may place kids in serious jeopardy. May 26, 2009— -- Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times ...

Pertussis is also known as whooping cough is an extremely contagious infection. Pertussis is an infection that greatly affects our respiratory functions. Although whooping cough is considered a ...