A national epidemic has just been declared in New Zealand. Reported 260+ cases diagnosed in past four weeks. Whooping cough ...

Caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis, the highly contagious illness - known as whooping cough for the whoop sounding ...

The lower North and South Islands are the biggest hotspots for whooping cough as an epidemic sweeps the country, official ...

The country's health ministry said it continues to observe a high number of severe acute respiratory illnesses presenting to ...

The lower North and South Islands are the biggest hotspots for whooping cough as an epidemic sweeps the country, official data shows. Health officials on Friday declared a whooping cough epidemic ...

“That brings the total number of whooping cough cases for 2024 to 1,009,” Dr Matt Reid, Public Health Medicine Specialist, National Public Health Service said.

Authorities are grappling with a significant surge in Queensland whooping cough cases, as vaccination rates in pregnant women ...

Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of whooping cough, or pertussis. New Zealand has declared an epidemic of the disease. The health ministry said a seven-week-old baby boy ...

Health New Zealand's reported 77 cases across the country last week - including four hospitalisations, That brings the total number of cases this year to 1009, of these, 63 were children under one ...