YOU’RE PROBABLY HEARING MORE COUGHING THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT WHEN IS A COUGH CONCERNING? WELL, DOCTOR ALBERT POLITO FROM MERCY MEDICAL CENTER JOINS US NOW WITH MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING. SO WE’RE ...

Women who receive the influenza or whooping cough vaccine during a twin pregnancy do not face a higher risk of birth complications, University of Queensland researchers have found. The study—which ...

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

Deaths linked with whooping cough are rare, but when they occur, most are in infants.

Some people continue coughing after they recover from a common respiratory infection. Doctors explain why a cough can last for weeks, masking etiquette and red flags suggesting something more serious.

A public health midwife in East Yorkshire is encouraging pregnant women to get the whooping cough vaccine. It comes after the tragic death of a baby. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed ...

International research led by Radboud University Medical Center shows that vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. Antibodies from the mother are ...

A woman sought support from the Reddit community after discovering that her close friend failed to tell her she had been exposed to whooping cough, which later landed her in the hospital. The woman ...

The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old unvaccinated toddler in Mohave County, who died April 10, and had also tested ...