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The CDC says only 35% of pregnant women in 2018 received vaccines against flu and whooping cough —putting them and their infants at risk of severe…
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Throughout last year, we reported on the spike in cases of whooping cough across North Texas and the rest of the state. (Last September, the state issued…
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Don’t turn to the medicine cabinet for cough relief. Turn to the kitchen cabinet.Honey is better than cough syrup for treating throat irritation caused by…
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Tarrant County still leads the state in the number of whooping cough cases this year: 562 to date. But Tarrant Public Health director Lou Brewer says…
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Texas reports more than 2,300 cases of whooping cough so far this year, the highest in 50 years. A new report on California’s 2010 whooping cough outbreak…
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State health officials have issued a whopping cough alert. Dr. Lisa Cornelius, infectious diseases medical officer, calls the number of pertussis, or…
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This is shaping up to be the worst year for whooping cough in Texas since the 1960s. State officials report nearly 1,700 cases of pertussis so far in…
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Like the U.S. overall, Texas is seeing more cases of pertussis or whooping cough – nearly 1100 people have come down with it this year. Six have died. The…
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The state of Texas is warning about an increase in whooping cough, or pertussis. Six deaths are reported so far this year, the most since 2005.The Texas…