A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

A woman turned to Reddit after learning her close friend kept quiet about a contagious illness that left her severely ill and ended their friendship Getty A mom hosted her son’s birthday party, later ...

A baby has died from whooping cough in the UK amid warnings that vaccination rates among children and pregnant women have dropped to their lowest in 15 years. The infant’s mother had not been ...

International research led by Radboud University Medical Center shows that vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. Antibodies from the mother are ...

Women who receive the influenza or whooping cough vaccine during a twin pregnancy do not face a higher risk of birth complications, University of Queensland researchers have found. The study—which ...

It's been a busy respiratory illness season for doctors in Central California. But that's not the only sickness that doctors are dealing with.

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been ...

A woman sought support from the Reddit community after discovering that her close friend failed to tell her she had been exposed to whooping cough, which later landed her in the hospital. The woman ...

A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after contracting the infection, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The death, which occurred between ...

Vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. These antibodies were detected not ...