ozgurcankaya/Getty Images New CDC data shows a resurgence ... t hear it talked about very often. Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial infection transmitted through close contact via ...

LSOphoto/Getty Images In the second stage of pertussis ... Pertussis is caused by a bacteria, so whooping cough is treated with antibiotics. People with a high risk of contracting the disease ...

Comprehensive coverage of the hexavalent vaccine can protect again whooping cough and polio writes Esther Nakkazi.

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, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious ...

More young children are catching walking pneumonia this year, as cases of the respiratory illness continue to surge around the country.

Now, Creech says, better diagnostic tests are making it easier to detect these bacteria more quickly and reliably. With so many germs making kids cough this fall, it’s crucial that doctors use ...

Pertussis cases continue to pop up across Alabama as public health officials confirm a drastic increase in 2024.

Researchers at UNSW Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new genomic test that can identify ...

This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...