It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold. But pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months.

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

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Cases of whooping cough are on the rise across the U.S., including in Idaho.

T his week, the Deschutes County Health Department noted an upward trend in cases of the flu and whooping cough in Central Oregon, compared to previous years. Deschutes County Pub ...

HealthDay News — Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December — about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been ...

The Douglas County Health Department's midtown has closed temporarily due to water damage from a steam pipe failure.

That’s why the recent surge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, should serve as a warning that we need to do more to ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial ...

Health officials in Washington State saw a huge spike in whooping cough cases in 2024 compared to 2023. According to a report ...