When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...

Q: I’ve been seeing a lot of news stories about whooping cough. Is there really another illness that we need worry about?

"This is an infection that causes quite a significant cough," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases ...

Whooping Cough This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis ...

social distancing and other infection protocols helped to protect against whooping cough. “They are increasing more now as ...

CDC data shows that whooping cough cases are rising in the U.S. Experts say routine immunization is the best way to prevent ...

It starts with typical cold symptoms. After about two weeks a person will develop a "heavy, hard cough and the classic whoop ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the Centers for ...

"This is a very contagious, bacterial respiratory infection," explained ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton on "Good Morning America" Monday. Whooping cough spreads through coughing ...

Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and ... this is a bacteria that causes ...

Nationwide, CDC reported that kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high.