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.

Newswise — When is whooping cough not whooping cough? When you’re dealing with babies, explains Sindhu Mohandas, MD, Attending Physician in Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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 ...

The classic whooping sound is common in infants, but it is often absent in adults. This may be partly because adults have more control over their cough reflex and partly because a child's larynx, or ...

When you get stuffy and come down with a nasty cough, you might assume the culprit is the common cold. Feeling seriously unwell could point you in the direction of the flu, COVID-19, or RSV ...

Following a several-year lull during the pandemic, cases of whooping cough are increasing across the United States. As of Nov. 30, early U.S. data show over 28,000 cases reported this year, or six ...

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 ...

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

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, ...

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