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Whooping cough cases on the rise, doctors explain who may need a booster vaccine
ABC Action News Tampa Bay· 4 days agoBordetella pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is a very contagious respiratory illness....
4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles and more
CBS News· 4 hours agoMeasles is on the rise in the United States. Half of the people infected — mainly children — have...
Lexington Health Department declares pertussis outbreak
LEX 18 Lexington· 17 hours agoThe Lexington-Fayette County Health Department declared a pertussis, or whooping cough, outbreak Monday afternoon.
Whooping cough cases rising at Lexington high schools. Here’s what you need to know
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPertussis, or whooping cough, is spreading at Lexington schools with six total cases so far, and all...
Update: Community-wide pertussis outbreak declared
Cottage Grove Sentinel· 6 days agoLane County Public Health (LCPH) has declared a community-wide pertussis outbreak due to a surge in cases surpassing typical community, regional, or...
Why is whooping cough surging in the UK? Falling vaccination rates may be answer - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 6 days agoA large outbreak of pertussis (more commonly known as whooping cough) has been ongoing in the UK...
Philippines plans vaccination drive as whooping cough outbreak claims lives
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoThe Philippine government has announced plans to administer three million doses of a vaccine for...
Health dept. reports another whooping cough case in Lexington
WKYT Lexington· 7 days agoLEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)—Another case of pertussis has been confirmed in Lexington. The...
Map shows whooping cough hotspots as 'worst outbreak in 40 years' kills 5 babies
The US Sun· 6 days agoUKHSA said last week that 2,793 cases of the bacterial lung infection - also known as pertussis -...
Health department: Whooping cough outbreak declared in Lexington
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe number of Lexington cases has increased in three weeks to nine with the new cases involving an...