The whooping cough, or pertussis epidemic is getting worse in California, and to help quell the spread of the disease locally, the City of SF Public Health Department is offering $25 vaccines at their Adult Immunization Clinic -- $10 if you're someone who lives or works in close proximity to infants. more ›

A whooping cough outbreak has affected over 20 students at East Bay Waldorf School in El Sobrante, effectively shutting it down. Whooping cough, an illness normally thought of as an infant's, hits its victims with "severe coughing spells that end in a 'whooping' sound when the person breathes in." more ›