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

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 ...

With more and more young kids opting out of vaccines, the cases of pertussis or whooping cough have been on the rise in the United States of America, with more than six times as many cases of the ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending April 12, at least 8,064 whooping cough cases have ...

Vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. These antibodies were detected not only in blood, but also in the nasal mucosa, the site where whooping cough ...

When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That's standard ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said. As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...