Whooping cough and walking pneumonia can begin by looking like a regular cold. Doctor Taylor Heald Sargent with Lurie ...

Cancel anytime. This 2016 illustration, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which ...

South Dakota is witnessing a rise in Whooping Cough cases with the Department of Health reporting an increase in infections ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella ...

Whooping cough typically starts with the sniffles, a cough, a runny nose and maybe a low-grade fever, but it can rapidly progress to coughing fits so severe that they make you throw up. The infection ...

Reported cases of the infectious disease have surpassed pre-pandemic levels in Missouri. The state has tallied 422 cases of ...

Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new genomic test that can identify the specific strains of whooping cough (bacterium Bordetella pertussis).

Cases of the vaccine-preventable bacterial infection whooping cough have spiked in Missouri and nationwide. Cases of whooping ...

Michigan health officials report a rise in whooping cough cases, urging vaccinations as the state experiences over 830 cases ...

Cases of whooping cough are five times higher than at this time a year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning.Officially known as pertussis, those infected have ...

UPPER MICHIGAN, Mich. (WLUC) - This season, Michiganders may experience more people coughing around them. The Michigan ...