Whooping cough cases in North Carolina have risen sharply in 2024. There have been close to 600 reported cases — 6.4 times ...

An unidentified disease has killed at least 27 people in just over a month in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of ...

About 27,000 patients have been diagnosed with whooping cough this year in the U.S. compared with 4,000 in 2023.

Despite concerns from many parents of school-aged children in the Heritage city, the highly contagious, vaccine-preventable ...

When you get a stuffy nose or a tickle in your throat, the first thing you might wonder is whether you’re suffering from a common cold, the flu, or COVID-19. Here is a quick guide explaining the ...

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Walking pneumonia’s peak has likely already happened in North Carolina, Willis said, but cases are still spreading. Doctors ...

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Being in the middle of cold and flu season, keeping a bottle of cough syrup in the medicine cabinet is a must.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

Although winter respiratory illness levels remain low in Illinois, health officials expect viral activity to increase during ...