A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

When you get stuffy and come down with a nasty cough, you might assume the culprit is the common cold. Feeling seriously unwell could point you in the direction of the flu, COVID-19, or RSV ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

The classic whooping sound is common in infants, but it is often absent in adults. This may be partly because adults have more control over their cough reflex and partly because a child's larynx, or ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. "The pertussis cough has a very distinctive sound in children and adults," says Leticia Berber with the ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough. The panel voted Wednesday to expand its recommendation to include all those 65 and older who ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in the United States, prompting concerns among health officials about another challenging year combatting the disease. Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases ...