Vaccination in pregnancy passes immunity to your baby through the placenta, protecting your baby until they can receive their own vaccine at eight weeks old. It is advised that pregnant women should ...

A million more children completed the critical three-dose vaccination against diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and whooping ...

Whooping cough cases continued to soar in Japan with the cumulative figure reaching 43,728 so far this year, a more than tenfold increase on the approximately 4,000 cases reported for all of 2024, ...

As the new school year nears, parents are reminded to check child immunizations to protect against diseases and help curb the ...

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to decades behind bars and fined more than $2 million for drug trafficking.

State Health Officer tells Board of Health he’s confident MSDH will move through federal funding challenges, noting the ...

Whooping cough tends to peak around this time of year and in the fall. It's usually spread through respiratory droplets in the air, when people with pertussis cough, sneeze or breathe close to others.

When Chelsey Charles learned whooping cough cases were surging in Washington, like many other parents, she worried for her family’s health.

ELKINS — Randolph-Elkins Health Department officials are reminding parents that vaccinations are still required for children planning to attend school in Randolph County this upcoming school year.

Haywood County Health and Human Services confirmed six cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in children and teens under the age of 19 in Haywood County.