Conceptual biomedical illustration of the bacteria Bordetella pertussis is seen in an undated stock photo. automation Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were ...

A highly contagious respiratory illness is on the rise in the United States this year. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the ...

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, ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Rutherford County School (RCS) system alerted parents of one of its high schools to a student case of whooping cough this week. In a letter to Oakland High School’s ...

Whooping cough often surges in the fall, and with a rising number of bacterial respiratory disease cases, doctors are reminding families of what can be done to protect those with the youngest lungs.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Whooping cough cases are ...

A research team in Dublin believes it has found a way to stop whooping cough not only from making people sick, but from spreading quietly through communities at all. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a ...

The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old unvaccinated toddler in Mohave County, who died April 10, and had also tested ...