whooping cough

Public health officials want parents and students to be aware of a whooping cough outbreak in Champaign County. There are seven confirmed pertussis -- or…

The Winnebago County Health Department is investigating a pertussis outbreak. It’s associated with cases in Rockford Public Schools. The cases are in…

Whooping cough might be evolving to outsmart the current vaccine. That’s according to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.Researchers says the…

Nationally, rates of "pertussis" are up. And Illinois is no exception. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports just over one thousand cases of…