The breed is descended from Togo, who a century ago led a team through the Alaskan wilderness to deliver diphtheria serum to ...

Before the vaccine, the virus spread in a world very different from today’s.

Parents worry when their children are sick. Fortunately, most childhood illnesses are not serious. Children rarely experience the severe diseases that were communion the past such as whooping cough, ...

The good news is that most cases of whooping cough are preventable with DTaP vaccines in childhood and Tdap shots at age 11 ...

After a dip in diagnoses in recent years, cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have seen a national spike.

A woman and her child are seen at the dedicated section for paediatric and maternity ward of a cholera treatment center, in ...

Doctors from three major health systems warn pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can cause severe coughing fits lasting months and can be fatal for infants who may stop breathing.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said measles is back, and it’s a wake-up ...

The U.S. CDC's Advisory Committee recommends the use of GSK's pentavalent Penmenvy vaccine as part of the adolescent ...

I f you've got a 10 week old baby it may feel as though the last 10 weeks have both flown by and also felt like the longest weeks of your life. Your little one will have done a lo ...