So far, 28 people have been sent to the hospital because of whooping cough, including 12 infants ... Most infants receive a ...

Chandler Drouin walked under his own power into Grisson High School's JROTC ceremony on Friday — less than a month after ...

Prior to a rise that started in the late 1980s and culminated in the 2012 spike, case counts had routinely been in the low triple digits since a steep decline over the 1940s and 1950s. As a result, if ...

Parents and expectant mums are being urged to ensure flu and other vaccinations are up to date to protect them from respiratory illnesses ...

Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, ...

It takes about seven to 10 days before one begins to show signs of whooping cough. The symptoms usually appear mild at first and resemble a common cold. After a week or two, signs and symptoms ...

A delayed diagnosis is also harmful for the community at large, since people with whooping cough are most contagious from the start of symptoms and in the first two weeks after the cough begins ...

There has been a fourfold increase in whooping cough cases in the USA this season ... often followed by a 'whoop' start after a week or two of the illness. It is especially distressing for ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far ...

Whooping cough spreads through bacteria transmitted through the air. The infection is most commonly spread at schools, child care centers and hospitals. Many people can be contagious up to two ...