Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial respiratory infection. Initial symptoms resemble a cold but progress to intense coughing fits that can last for weeks. If infected, young babies are at ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. It’s highly ...

A new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough after a devastating outbreak killed 11 babies. It comes after Britain was hit by the worst outbreak in 40 years during 2024 as patients reported ...

Deaths from whooping cough have been recorded in Louisiana and Washington. More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This ...

It’s highly infectious and definitely not a welcome holiday guest. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is on the rise with outbreaks across the country, leaving some parents of infants wondering ...

Rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are surging in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon, and other states and localities across the country. The outbreaks are fueled by falling vaccination ...

What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...

Pamela Price, who was recalled in 2024 as Alameda County's District Attorney, announced on Thursday that she's running again. Critics jumped on her desire to come back to a position she was ousted ...

Burt Meyer, the inventor behind iconic toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite, and MouseTrap, has died at age 99 Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and ...

The Florida Gators are searching for their next head football coach following the dismissal of Billy Napier earlier this season. Soon after the program fired Napier, several big college football names ...

Meyer also created board games like Mouse Trap and Pretty Pretty Princess Lauren A. Little/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Famed toy designer Burt Meyer has died at the age of 99 Meyer created ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine. By Richard Sandomir In the early 1960s, the toy inventor Burt Meyer went to an ...