Whooping cough is highly preventable, but waning vaccine rates are leading to more outbreaks and even some infant deaths.

Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is an infectious disease that can cause serious and potentially life-threatening complications, especially in infants and young children, according to the ...

Medical experts provided tips on how to protect your children from increasing cases of whooping cough in West Virginia. Dr.

A nationwide surge in pertussis cases has resulted in the deaths of infants in several states across the country this year, from Kentucky to Oregon. A UT Health San Antonio infectious diseases ...

Here is a round-up of the main signs and treatment for whooping cough as well as advice on how to ease the symptoms ...

MORGANTOWN — Two West Virginia University physicians are encouraging people to recognize the early symptoms of pertussis, or ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. It starts out like a ...

TULSA, Okla. — The first day of school is coming up soon for some of our local school districts, and there are concerns about low vaccination rates on the rise in young children across the country.

Mississippi is seeing higher numbers of whooping cough cases in 2025 that in the last 15 years, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash Hush ...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been ...

What do we all need to know about whooping cough (pertussis)? WebMD asked epidemiologist Tom Clark, MD, MPH, of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. What is whooping ...

Over the last few years, the U.S. has experienced a troubling resurgence of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.