Medics emphasised it is less common in children over six years of age and occurs usually between September to March ...

Advice from the NHS as to what exactly that cough means, and when you should head to your GP, or even the hospital ...

Know the symptoms of COVID-19 in children, what to do if your child appears sick and how to keep your family healthy.

While unvaccinated young children and newborns delivered by unvaccinated moms remain at the highest risk of infection and ...

Pertussis cases in the United States have increased fourfold compared with the same time period last year, according to data ...

Whooping cough, also known as Pertussis, has been reported in a child in Northwest Michigan. This coincides with an increase ...

She said once one gets sick, it’s just a matter of time, ”Some years, we’ve had to close our whole classroom because a high ...

The Buncombe Department of Health and Human Services said cases have tripled in the last month. Here's what you should know.

This is the first of two articles on preparing for respiratory illnesses heading our way this fall. With summer in the ...

A spike in pertussis cases across the country is now the worst surge in almost a decade. “Children under the age of one are most likely to suffer complications from pertussis or whooping cough, ...

Greg Rutherford ’s daughter Daphne, 3, was rushed to hospital with croup on Monday after she was struggling to breathe. His ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...