On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the illness was detected in an ...

"Unprotected city" - this is what infants are during the first six months of life, and the resurgence of whooping cough - ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is in Missoula with 22 reported cases. Being vaccinated best defense.

Missoula Public Health is alerting the community that pertussis (whooping cough) is circulating in Montana.Since December ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, has re-emerged worldwide and continues to be a major health concern. Caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, this contagious respiratory infection can ...

Local health officials report that pertussis is circulating in Missoula County. MISSOULA — Missoula Public Health reports ...

Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have surged in recent years. This factsheet gives an overview of the infection, including its key characteristics and complications. It is part of a collection on ...

December 2024 to March 14, 2025. In the same time period one year ago, just three cases were reported in Montana.

How is it treated? Whooping cough is treated with antibiotics. The earlier treatment starts, the infection may be less serious. Usually by week three if antibiotics haven’t begun, they won’t ...

Families of students attending the school were notified Tuesday and provided a copy of the letter from the Mount Rogers ...

Many of Georgia’s most deadly respiratory diseases have declined over the past few weeks, but others like whooping cough appear to still be broadly circulating.

Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2019-20, we’re all more aware of “communicable diseases” – the infectious illnesses that spread from person to person.