Whooping cough - also known as pertussis - is a potentially fatal bacterial infection that can be most deadly in unvaccinated ...
Experts are warning Britain could be facing the biggest outbreak of whooping cough in 40 years - as families were urged to ...
Health experts have issued a warning to watch out for a highly-infectious disease sweeping through the UK after a 250% increase in cases. The bacterial infection starts with symptoms similar to a ...
DISEASE experts have warned that the number of whooping cough deaths 'may well rise' as England faces potentially the worst outbreak in 40 years. It comes after reports that five British babies ...
Cases of a highly contagious disease known as the “100-day cough” are spreading rapidly across the nation - and our new map shows the hardest hit areas. So far this year the health authorities ...
A mother has urged all pregnant women to take the whooping cough jab after her newborn spent 10 days in a coma with the infection. Polly Deehy, from Dartford, Kent, was an otherwise healthy baby ...
A doctor has issued an urgent warning amid a worrying surge in a potentially deadly illness that has already claimed the life of a baby in the UK. There has been a significant uptick in cases of ...
FIVE British babies have died from whooping cough this year with cases already three times higher than 2023's total. Eight out of 10 deaths are in babies born to unvaccinated mums but uptake of ...
Children and teachers with suspected whooping cough should be excluded from classes for up to three weeks, according to official guidance. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says youngsters ...
The NHS also describes symptoms such as: difficulty breathing after a coughing bout and may turn blue or grey (young infants) ...
Whooping cough might sound like a Victorian disease, but the bacterial infection has made a dramatic comeback in recent months across Europe, Asia, and America. The ‘100-day cough’ – known ...
Five babies have died in England after being diagnosed with whooping cough amid a sharp rise in cases., health officials have confirmed. More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across ...