The worst rates of the infection known as "walking pneumonia" or "white lung pneumonia" are in young children ages 2 to 4 years old.

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Whooping cough cases are continuing to rise in the United States, with new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

When your child gets sick, you might want a doctor to give them an antibiotic, but a new study shows Tennessee's kids are ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department said they've seen nearly 30 cases of pertussis, better known as ...

Asthma affects about seven million children in the U.S. But kids who have asthma can lead normal, active lives with the right ...

When the Safi family escaped war-torn Afghanistan three years ago and settled in southwest Houston, the last thing they expected was losing a child to a communicable disease.