Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella Pertussis, according ...

DAVIS COUNTY, Iowa — Davis County Community Schools are closed Friday after the district confirmed a case of whooping cough at the elementary school. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a ...

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Health officials say a trio of vaccine-preventable illnesses is circulating during an already busy winter virus season.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. What You Need to Know: Whooping cough (pertussis) activity in California is on the rise, with more than 2,000 reported cases ...

Although cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, are soaring nationwide, Wisconsin seems to be sidestepping another outbreak ...

CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HAYWOOD COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER CASE OF PERTUSSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN REPORTED. THAT’S UP FROM FIVE CASES REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, SIX REPORTED ...

It's shaping up to be a tough year for influenza infections as well as pertussis — whooping cough — in Greene County. The Springfield-Greene County Health department encourages residents to take ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - There have been five confirmed cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in Putnam County, the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health said Thursday. According to the agency, ...