A Heywood Hospital doctor advises greater Gardner residents on how to protect themselves against a quademic of respiratory ...

A baby has died from whooping cough during the Christmas period, marking the first fatality since the national epidemic was ...

A leading Maori paediatrician says a baby who died over the Christmas period of whooping cough was Maori and from a rural ...

Māori are disproportionately affected by the disease, with "shocking immunisation rates" leading to over-representation in hospital admissions.

It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. Cases of pertussis -- or whooping cough -- are surging ...

Cases of whooping cough have exploded to over 32,000 in 2024. Here's what you need to know about this serious illness and how ...

Cases of whooping cough were lower during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but numbers have rebounded and are returning ...

A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late last year, as cases spiked to levels not seen since 2018. What you need to ...

State health officials are calling on residents, especially pregnant women and those who care for infants, to have an updated ...

Orange County Health Services received notification of the first confirmed case of Pertussis (whooping cough) in Orange ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the respiratory tract.

Whooping cough is annoying, but tolerable, for most adults. But for infants, the disease can be serious, even deadly.