Nasopharyngeal swabs (flocked cotton swabs or rayon swabs with aluminum shaft). Do not collect with Calcium Alginate swab. Swabs can be eluted in either saline (0.85%), Tris EDTA, Molecular Grade ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has now spread to an Alabama college campus after over a month of reported outbreaks in K-12 schools. On Monday, the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) ...

A research team in Dublin believes it has found a way to stop whooping cough not only from making people sick, but from spreading quietly through communities at all. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a ...

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WHNT) — A case of whooping cough has been confirmed by the Alabama Department of Public Health at Scottsboro High School. According to a Scottsboro City Schools spokesperson, around ...

Garfield County Public Health has confirmed multiple cases of the pertussis bacteria, also known as whooping cough, a county news release states. This illness has a persisting two-week or longer cough ...