What do we all need to know about whooping cough (pertussis)? WebMD asked epidemiologist Tom Clark, MD, MPH, of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. What is whooping ...

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 ...

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.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It starts with a simple cough but can explode into a vicious string of coughing spells and “whooping” sounds. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is caused by bacteria that infects ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Butte-Silver Bow health department officials are stretched thin, fighting an outbreak of whooping cough that began in January. If your child is sick, and if you think it might be whooping cough, ...

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 ...

EVANSVILLE — The Tri-State is seeing an increase in cases of whooping cough, an illness that is extremely contagious and spreads easily. But it's also easily preventable, according to information ...

Hearing others coughing and choking is one of the annoying things in life, but learning to listen to your cough can sometimes ...