TULSA, Okla. — The first day of school is coming up soon for some of our local school districts, and there are concerns about low vaccination rates on the rise in young children across the country.

As friends and family gather this holiday season, there’s a warning for new parents. The CDC says cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, remain elevated this year. An unvaccinated infant died from the ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Whooping cough, a serious and sometimes fatal disease, is on the rise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be hard to differentiate pertussis from other viruses. Design Pics/Don Hammond via Getty Images Among the many contagious ...

Wisconsin has had more whooping cough cases than nearly every other state in the country so far this year, according to data on the disease released Friday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

A human challenge trial has shown a new vaccine could offer better protection against whooping cough. The new study, delivered in partnership between the University of Southampton, University Hospital ...

Louisiana’s Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham confirmed Thursday that two infants have died in the last six months amid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state, and said vaccines are the best ...

OR ENERGY DRINKS. UPDATED FEDERAL DATA SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 25,000 CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH IN THE UNITED STATES SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WITH A HIGHER THAN ...

This year could shape up to be the worst year for whooping cough Washington has seen in over a decade. State health officials counted 1,193 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, across 31 counties as ...

A harsh, hacking cough is making a comeback across North Carolina - and health experts say it's reaching levels the state hasn't seen in 70 years. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...