Newswise — When is whooping cough not whooping cough? When you’re dealing with babies, explains Sindhu Mohandas, MD, Attending Physician in Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Roseland Community Hospital will stop delivering babies on Oct. 31, adding to South Side maternity closures. Its OB clinic will stay open. LA County issued an extreme heat warning for Oct. 2 to 8, ...

What to Do If Your Baby Is Coughing: Coughs and colds are extremely common among young children during seasonal transitions. Since infants have a weaker immune system, they are more susceptible to ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. The infection attacks the lining of the breathing passages. People can get ...

Two children have died of whooping cough in the United States so far in 2026, and health officials say the bacterial infection is once again working through its familiar seasonal climb. Federal ...

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