The Buncombe County Health Department is issuing a public health alert in response to a continuing multi-school outbreak of ...

Public health officials are continuing to issue warnings as whooping cough cases continue to appear in Buncombe County. Read ...

Officials said at this time, the spread is primarily occurring in school-age children in all areas of Buncombe County.

Doctors encourage expecting mothers to get whooping cough, also known as pertussis, vaccine to help protect babies after ...

Rates of whooping cough diagnoses are returning to pre-pandemic levels, with nearly five times the number of cases nationwide ...

Public health officials are continuing to issue warnings as whooping cough cases continue to appear in Buncombe County.

Health officials report 45 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Buncombe County since August, mostly in school-age children ...

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