Have a cold? Fever? Sinus infection? Your primary-care provider might not give you a prescription for an antibiotic. Here's ...

Pertussis can be treated early with antibiotics, and a person can be given preventative antibiotics if they know they've been in contact with someone who was sick, though it gets misdiagnosed ...

Schools have been sending a letter to families when a case of pertussis is identified by a health care provider or the ...

Northwest Public Schools shared that two students have been diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough) on Monday.

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be behind us, but the end of lockdown has left another illness on the rise: pertussis or whooping cough. Health officials say our area is seeing a sharp ...

The Rutherford County School (RCS) system alerted parents of one of its high schools to a student case of whooping cough this ...

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak strikes fear in a parent’s heart ...