In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and its eight new ...

According to the CDC immunization schedule, babies should get three doses of a whooping cough shot – called DTaP – at 2, 4, and 6 months old, with two additional boosters at 15-18 months old ...

Katie Van Tornhout, an Indiana woman who lost her 37-day-old daughter to whooping cough, recalls the heartbreak of losing a ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...