The name whooping cough might conjure up images of Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of people during ...

The virus that can cause coughing fits so intense that patients can fracture a rib — whooping cough, also known as pertussis ...

The United States has set a Thanksgiving record for Whooping Cough or pertussis cases –with at least 364 infections reported ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise. The ...

Officials say over the past 12 months, there have been nine cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

Symptoms for the infection vary depending on what stage it’s in. Towards the beginning, someone with whooping cough will have a fever, sneezing and coughing, over time, that cough gets worse. Delphene ...

The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year ...

Infectious disease and public health experts and vaccine advocates say a confluence of factors could cause renewed, deadly ...

Health officials have seen a spike in whooping cough cases over the last year, which has caused a growing amount of concern.

Riverton school administrators are warning parents about a positive case of whooping cough in the district. According to a ...