Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways.

Health officials say someone at Portland’s Grant High School has whooping cough, and they are warning families at the school ...

With more and more young kids opting out of vaccines, the cases of pertussis or whooping cough have been on the rise in the United States of America, with more than six times as many cases of the ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

(CNN) — 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. Often called the “100-day cough,” whooping cough or ...

Austin Public Health (APH) has confirmed a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Del Valle High School. In an April 15 letter, APH advised DVHS parents to be on the lookout for signs and ...

Two new laboratory-confirmed cases of the highly contagious Bordetella pertussis or whooping cough were detected this week, ...

The Williams County Health Department is reporting a 325% increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases this year, from a total of four confirmed cases in 2025 up to 17 confirmed ...

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, ...