Why it matters: Our vaccination rates are far below the 95% needed for herd immunity against highly contagious illnesses like measles and whooping cough. Driving the news: New CDC data show Utah had ...

Whooping cough is making a comeback, and medical providers say the highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe ...

As whooping cough cases rise in the U.S., a new nasal vaccine developed by Tulane University may hold the key to reducing the ...

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

Respiratory illnesses become more common in the fall and winter months, and officials say whopping cough and pneumonia in particular are on the rise.

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 ...

In Warren County, Warren County Health Services sent out a news release Nov. 15 to parents and guardians in Carlisle Schools warning of "an increase in the number of Pertussis cases throughout the ...

Doctors and health officials are warning San Diego residents about rising cases of whooping cough and walking pneumonia, especially among young children.

The discovery of a man’s body in Montgomery has turned into a homicide investigation. Students at Tuskegee University are ...

The school system was made aware of those cases last week and immediately notified parents and staff via email.

A case of whooping cough has been reported at Lincoln High School. In an email letter sent to all Lincoln families the Sioux Falls School District said: “We have been notified by the Department of ...