The County of Monterey’s public health officials are urging residents to stay up to date on their pertussis immunizations due ...

The classic whooping sound is common in infants, but it is often absent in adults. This may be partly because adults have more control over their cough reflex and partly because a child's larynx, or ...

In response to the ongoing whooping cough or pertussis outbreak, the Department of Public Health and Social Services ...

Whooping cough may be behind some long-lasting coughs in adults. The illness, also called pertussis, is caused by Bordetella ...

Cases of whooping cough in adults have risen in recent years, it has been suggested ...

The whooping cough outbreak in Pasadena schools continued Tuesday with the announcement of three more cases, this ...

It takes an act of the Nevada Legislature to change Carson City’s charter. That’s not stopping the Board of Supervisors from ...

Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

The Pasadena Public Health Department is investigating an outbreak of six confirmed cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, at Sequoyah School - High ...