Whooping cough, which is rising nationally too, tends to peak during the fall and winter, so cases are expected to keep rising.

Illinois health officials released a warning Monday as whooping cough cases in the state rose to their highest levels in two ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

As we enter what’s generally considered the cold and flu season, COVID, that recent third and most potent side of this health ...

The country's health care apparatus will soon be in the hands of unqualified people who have pushed disputed, false or ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a key figure in protests over California vaccine laws. He could set U.S. health policy in the Trump administration.

Sue Dutell is the recipient of the 2024 Thomas B. Herring Community Service Award. She was honored during the Galesburg Area ...

Kate Evans The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO are warning about the substantial rise in cases of ...

Six times as many cases of pertussis were reported in the United States for the week ending November 16, 2024, as the same week in 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

As President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CDC, Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida and a physician, is ...

President-elect Donald Trump is largely untested, possesses scant infectious-disease expertise and has often questioned ...

The G7 — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States — has ... concerned about how Trump will change the U.S. approach. The whooping cough is highly contagious.