The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and caused two deaths in Louisiana ...

The governor vetoed a very similar bill because he said it would make it easier to spread highly contagious diseases in Idaho ...

The children, from Louisiana, died from whooping cough, a highly infectious bacterial disease causing minutes-long coughing ...

Peter H Gilligan, Ph.D., D(ABMM) emeritus and F(AAM) was a medical microbiologist at UNC Health for 35 years. Here, he ...

Surging whooping cough cases often mean increasingly low vaccination rates and weakened immunity within communities.

To help raise awareness that preteens and teens need vaccines to keep safe from disease, the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency – Public Health Division is joining ...