B.C. is currently not considered to have an outbreak, but Northern Health recommends getting the pertussis vaccine ...

Adults who are working with kids who are, particularly, in school settings and the health care settings, it's very important that we get immunized against whooping cough. With patients who have ...

If left untreated, whooping cough can lead to long-term disability ... for children while Tdap vaccines can be given to adults that provides protection against pertussis. "Preventing whooping ...

By Dani Blum After a yearslong lull thanks to Covid-19 precautions like isolation and distancing, whooping cough ... fits of coughing. Adults can also develop a violent cough that can come on ...

Dr. Vinita Dubey, Toronto's Associate Medical Officer of Health, said there has been a jump in cases so far this month of Pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Doctors say whooping cough can start with cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose. “In adults, it’s really uncomfortable,” said Dr. Theresa Horton, a pediatrician with Utica Park Clinic.

The infection itself can last over three months. If an adult has it, whooping cough can be transmitted to children too young to have been fully vaccinated, such as babies or teenagers and ...

Getty Cases of pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — have tripled in the United States this year. At this time last year, there were 2,918 diagnosed cases of the respiratory illness ...

Babies can’t get their first whooping cough vaccine until they are 2 months old. And while most adults were vaccinated as children, the protection wears off over time. That’s why it’s ...

Adults who are coughing and sneezing should take extra care around young children. Whooping cough — a highly transmissible infection of the lungs and airways that mostly affects babies and young ...

(7News) — Healthcare experts are sounding the alarm on a major increase in whooping cough cases as nationwide ... boosters and their vaccines. For adults, the pertussis vaccine is built into ...