It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold. But pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months.

Doctors with CHI Health say their hospitals and urgent care facilities are seeing rising cases of a number of respiratory ...

HealthDay News — Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December — about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human ...

Doctors in Wyoming reporting a sharp increase in illnesses like flu, COVID-19 and other unknown viruses. Even so, people ...

It will probably come as no secret … the egg prices are soaring and there appears no relief in sight due to bird flu and inflation.

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial ...

Fears of a "quad-emic" are pushing some states in America to bring back mask mandates for hospitals and Americans are sounding off.

Health officials in Washington State saw a huge spike in whooping cough cases in 2024 compared to 2023. According to a report ...

The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while ...