Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine ...

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.

Whooping cough cases are rising again in the United States, fueled by falling vaccination rates and waning immunity over time. Babies who are too young to be fully vaccinated face the highest risk of ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. Given the rise in cases, I wanted to ...

A new study from Zhejiang Province finds that pertussis imposes a substantial economic burden on adults over sixty, with hospitalization rates of 40.5 percent and costs driven by delayed diagnosis, ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That's compared with 4,266 ...

Cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise in the U.S., recently reaching their highest level in 50 years. The disease can be serious or even fatal to newborns who have not yet ...

According to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD 2023), global mortality from pertussis between 1990 and 2023 and ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That's compared with 4,266 ...

Newswise — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are on the rise in the U.S., recently reaching their highest level in 50 years. The disease can be serious or even fatal ...