You've probably heard about getting the Tdap vaccine late in your pregnancy, and you may have questions about it. Don't worry ...

Also known as whooping cough, pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that causes uncontrollable, violent coughs ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health has updated its annual minimum immunization requirements for students to ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued a health alert due to a significant increase in pertussis cases, urging ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) issued a health alert warning the public about an increase in pertussis ...

The Tdap vaccine provides essential protection against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, playing a critical role in maternal and community immunity. As immunity wanes over time, booster doses ...

U.N. health officials have estimated that more than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year.

Combining an older version of pertussis vaccine with a newer one could significantly reduce whooping cough infections and save big on hospital costs, according to findings published in JAMA ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert Wednesday that cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are climbing in the state. The year-to-date number of cases in Mississippi ballooned to ...

The state health department said nearly 40 percent of this year's cases have been reported in Northeast Mississippi.

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared diseases in the U.S., experts say, causing some terrified parents to keep ...