Doctors say they are seeing a significant uptick in the amount of people, especially children, with the bacterial infection.

The health department issued a warning Thursday about a significant increase in whooping cough cases among children ...

Whooping cough cases have spiked in the suburbs of McHenry County, its Department of Health announced Thursday. McHenry ...

The McHenry County Department of Health is urging residents to take extra precautions to reduce the spread of the highly ...

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Young children are particularly vulnerable to the disease, which killed an estimated 107,500 people in 2023, most of whom ...

They have typical respiratory illness symptoms. Maybe a fever or a cough. Sometimes, if they’re younger, they might have nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Other symptoms can be a sore throat, runny nose, ...

A typical case of pertussis starts with a cough and runny nose for one to two weeks, followed by weeks to months of rapid ...

The FDA has proposed removing phenylephrine, a common ingredient in decongestants, due to its ineffectiveness, which may ...

The agency said: "Children are encouraged to stay in school or nursery with symptoms such as a runny nose, sore throat or ...