Last week’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services in the second ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego health officials are warning about a sharp rise in whooping cough and walking pneumonia cases. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory ...

Spokane kids are getting sick from whooping cough, and health officials warn the outbreak will likely last into the spring. As of Friday, 140 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, have been ...

A surge in whooping cough cases in Oregon has prompted state and local health officials to urge residents to get vaccinated.

Later stages of pertussis can include severe coughing fits, a “whoop” sound caused by the person gasping for air between ...

According to a press release from Whitman County Public Health (WCPH), the department is continuing its investigation into the outbreak. There have been 63 reported cases of pertussis, with an ...

Public health officials Thursday reported a marked increase in the number of pertussis — or whooping cough — cases this year ...

Nearly half of this year's cases were among people who had never received a dose of whooping cough vaccines, Oregon officials ...

The number of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in Oregon are on track to hit an all-time high by the end of the year, ...

A whooping cough outbreak is currently making its way across the Inland Northwest, leaving many families worried about ...

Although the disease may produce only a mild, persistent cough in adults or adolescents, young children exposed to the ...

Spokane County is in the midst of an outbreak of whooping cough, with nearly twice the infections locally so far than the ...