The Department of Public Health and Social Services on Friday confirmed a second case on Guam of the highly contagious pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. The new case was identified ...

WATCHING. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. WELL, WHOOPING COUGH IS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S., AND THE CDC SAYS PROTECTION FROM THE VACCINE IS WANING. SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN AROUND 14,000 CASES REPORTED NATIONWIDE.

The best way to protect babies up to 6 months old from contracting whooping cough is to make the vaccine against the disease available for any worker who comes in contact with newborns, the Dutch ...

When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some ...

On Sept. 22, Yukon Employees' Union head Justin Lemphers noted on X, formerly Twitter, the Yukon government doesn’t include whooping cough in its respiratory surveillance report. The next day, the ...

Whitman County is under a health alert following the diagnosis of two WSU students with whooping cough. The disease, also known as pertussis, is on the rise throughout the Inland Northwest and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise. The U.S. is beginning to return to the level of cases reported before the ...

A syringe containing a vaccine for whooping cough in a waiting room at Alaska Family Care and Associates in Anchorage on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Dr. Janet Shen ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - The Outagamie County Health Department has confirmed whooping cough cases for the first time in 4 years. It reports 8 cases so far but says that number is rising.

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mayo Clinic. While the CDC noted that cases of whooping cough decreased as the ...

Amid the mundane pebbly terrain of Mars' surface, NASA's Perseverance rover recently spotted something remarkable: a strange, striped object the agency is now calling the "zebra rock ...

Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated as experts launch a campaign to boost uptake in the UK amid rising cases of whooping cough and measles. Researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group ...