After a dip in diagnoses in recent years, cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have seen a national spike. Two babies in Louisiana died of pertussis in the past six months, said CNN, ...

New whooping cough vaccines may be more effective by targeting 2 powerful antibodies that neutralize the toxin.

This results from their inability to induce robust mucosal immunity in the upper respiratory tract where B. pertussis bacteria live and replicate and where pertussis disease begins. What could be ...

FIRST, WE’LL START WITH THE GENERAL QUESTION. WHAT IS WHOOPING COUGH? SO WHOOPING COUGH, ALSO CALLED AS PERTUSSIS, WAS ALSO CALLED A 100 DAY COUGH IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA CALLED AS BORDETELLA ...

Individuals who are infected by or vaccinated against Bordetella pertussis only acquire short-term immunity. In addition to the new birth cohort of susceptible infants, there is a gradually ...

Pertussis (whooping cough) is a bacterial infection that can cause respiratory symptoms including violent coughing that makes it difficult to breathe. Some studies have suggested that people with ...

Nueces County reports 58 whooping cough cases, the most that have been reported in more than a decade. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A surge in whooping cough cases not just across the nation, but right ...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Health experts are warning that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is ...

A Memphis Shelby County School reported a case of Pertussis which is commonly known as whooping cough at an elementary school ...