Five-year-old Rowan Hudson walked fearlessly into a clinic, carrying her stuffed wolf for protection. Her mom told her it’s time to get caught up on her shots.
An expert panel is urging every expecting mother to get a shot preventing whooping cough, preferably in the last three months of her pregnancy to help protect her baby.
As the U.S. wrestles with its biggest whooping cough outbreak in decades, researchers appear to have zeroed in on the main reason: The safer vaccine that has been in use since the 1990s loses effectiveness much faster than previously thought.
Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough...
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Monday a state plan to address tsunami debris that reaches the state's coast from Japan but stressed that federal help is needed.
The number of whooping cough cases in Washington state is still climbing at a rapid rate, and health officials are urging anyone not protected to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
A new Inspector General's report obtained by ABC News found a shockingly high number of vaccines that were stored at the wrong temperature, or have even expired.
My kids both tested positive this week for Pertussis / Whooping Cough in Clackamas County, in Happy Valley. Clackamas County Health Department has contacted the school and is involved. Many kids...