Whooping cough cases across WA's Great Southern have already more than doubled since last year, with doctors expecting the figure to grow further ... .
South Carolina just endured the worst measles outbreak in decades among unvaccinated people. The same low vaccination rates are allowing another disease, whooping cough, to rebound and threaten babies ... .
A persistent and annoying cough in adults or older kids can actually be a sign of a bacterial infection that is deadly to newborns. Whooping cough is back. Here is how to protect your baby from it ... .
DEAR DR. ROACH. I've read that there's a big increase in whooping cough. I am pregnant and want to know the best way to protect my baby. Is it exclusive breastfeeding? Getting the vaccine? Making sure that visitors are vaccinated ....
I've read that there's a big increase in whooping cough ... Whooping cough is caused by a species of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis ... This gives her baby 80% to 96% protection against whooping cough ...
Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa....
Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa... .
The Department of Public Health and Social Services said there is one new lab-confirmed case of whooping cough, or pertussis, making a total of 17 cases confirmed this year ... Public Health said people of all ages need the whooping cough vaccines.