Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the ...

New research could aid in improving whooping cough vaccines to once again push this disease toward eradication by targeting two key weaknesses in the infection.

Caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, whooping cough is infamous ... with protection only lasting two to five years. Modern pertussis vaccines are acellular, which means they contain portions ...

Mexican health officials issued an emergency alert as a whooping cough outbreak has caused 37 deaths in 14 states.

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and has caused two deaths in Louisiana ...

Caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis ... with protection only lasting two to five years. Modern pertussis vaccines are acellular, which means they contain portions of the bacteria that ...

Louisiana is experiencing a worrying rise in whooping cough cases, and two infants have died. The spike in cases comes amid a ...

WELL, WHOOPING COUGH IS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S., AND THE CDC SAYS PROTECTION FROM THE VACCINE IS WANING ... COUGH IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA CALLED AS BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS. IT IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ...

Caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis ... with protection only lasting two to five years. Modern pertussis vaccines are acellular, which means they contain portions of the bacteria that ...