It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold. But pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months.

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Doctors with CHI Health say their hospitals and urgent care facilities are seeing rising cases of a number of respiratory ...

HealthDay News — Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December — about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been ...

The Douglas County Health Department's midtown has closed temporarily due to water damage from a steam pipe failure.

That’s why the recent surge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, should serve as a warning that we need to do more to ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial ...

Health officials in Washington State saw a huge spike in whooping cough cases in 2024 compared to 2023. According to a report ...

Federal data show cases of pertussis – commonly known as whooping cough – in the state of Washington jumped more than 2,200%.

Local health experts are advising residents to get vacinnated during an active rise of flu cases in the area.The Douglas ...

The largest independent medical group in Idaho says it’s seeing an ”explosion” of influenza cases in the Boise area.