Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Iowa, state public health officials say. There have been 72 cases of whooping cough ...

Coughing is more than a minor annoyance; it can reveal important clues about your health. According to a study published in PLOS One, understanding whether your cough is dry, wet, or wheezing helps ...

Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to rise in the U.S. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show nearly 18,000 cases through Oct. 5. While ...

When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team at Trinity College Dublin has created a nasal vaccine made from antibiotic killed Bordetella pertussis that protects the ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial respiratory infection. Initial symptoms resemble a cold but progress to intense coughing fits that can last for weeks. If infected, young babies are at ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, according to preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Whooping cough cases are continuing to rise in the United States, with new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that there are five times as many cases this year than at ...

It's highly infectious and definitely not a welcome guest. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is on the rise with outbreaks across the country, leaving some parents of infants wondering whether ...