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 ...

Whooping cough, scientifically known as Bordetella pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease. It is characterized by severe coughing spasms, where individuals may cough so intensely that ...

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 ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.

The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...

(The Texas Tribune) More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been reported in Texas so far this year, already reaching a 11-year high even though two more highly infectious ...