With rare exceptions like the oral polio vaccine and intranasal vaccines against influenza, the majority of immunizations are ...

CWD is an always-fatal prion disease affecting elk, moose, reindeer, and deer. It was first detected in North America in 1967 ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on January 3 warned that the state's pertussis (whooping cough) cases are ...

“As Oregon closes out 2024 with a record-breaking number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases, health officials remind ...

In 2024, Oregon recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases, also known as Pertussis, since 1950. About 315 of the ...

Researchers have developed a new method to identify more infectious variants of viruses and bacteria, such as those causing flu, COVID-19, whooping cough, and tuberculosis. The approach uses samples ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in ...

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans -- including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and ...

Cases of whooping cough have exploded to the highest rate in more than a decade with young children affected the most by the ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is most dangerous for the very young. According to the OHA, eight Oregonians with pertussis have died since 2003. Five were younger than 4 months old. Deaths ...