This factsheet explains whooping cough (pertussis) to support nurses in identifying and managing the bacterial infection.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime ...

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Onion-scented air cannot be used to treat coughing children, paediatricians told AFP after Malaysians shared the old claim ...

On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the illness was detected in an ...

UMATILLA COUNTY — In the past 20 days, eight people in the area have tested positive for pertussis, prompting the Umatilla ...

School-aged children and infants have made up the most cases in 2025, according to NCDHHS, and 49 percent of the people diagnosed are up to date on their pertussis vaccination.

“If you have a kid with pink eye, cough, rash — and usually a fever, as well — we’re isolating the room.” In serious cases, ...