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.

Whooping cough in children: Young children require attentive care, as inadequate attention can lead to serious health risks. Recent research indicates that whooping cough poses a significant threat to ...

Researchers show that vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough protects newborns from birth. Maternal antibodies ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe. The newborn was coughing so badly, her skin turned a sickly gray-blue color. Her face contorted as she tried to gulp air. “I think the ...

In 2024, Germany recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases since reporting became mandatory in the year 2013. With almost 122 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, infants under one year of age ...

Eight whooping cough cases, all involving children, have been reported to the Lexington-Fayette County Health department since the beginning of October, department spokesperson Clark Bradshaw said ...