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 ...

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 ...

Once the cough develops, whooping cough is often worse at night and can be severe enough to cause vomiting. RSV more commonly causes shortness of breath and wheezing rather than prolonged coughing ...

Cases of whooping cough have skyrocketed, and poor vaccine knowledge may be to blame, health officials say. naipo.de via Unsplash Cases of whooping cough have skyrocketed this year, up 600% from the ...

So far in 2024, close to 2,000 cases have been reported, compared to just 78 at the same time last year. This year’s total is the highest since 2012. RELATED: How measles, whooping cough and worse ...

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025. FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more cases than were reported in 2023-2024. “Whooping cough, also known as ...

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be behind us, but the end of lockdown has left another illness on the rise: pertussis or whooping cough. Health officials say our area is seeing a sharp ...

Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011. The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) announced, via a news release Wednesday, a ...