Pertussis cases continue to pop up across Alabama as public health officials confirm a drastic increase in 2024.

This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...

Whooping cough cases nearly doubled in New Mexico in 2024, and accounts for 60 of the total cases nationwide, as of Oct. 26.

TRI-CITIES, Wash. - Whooping cough is spreading rapidly across Washington, now affecting 31 counties. The highest rates are ...

Reported cases of the infectious disease have surpassed pre-pandemic levels in Missouri. The state has tallied 422 cases of ...

Comprehensive coverage of the hexavalent vaccine can protect against whooping cough and polio, averting disease resurgence, writes Esther Nakkazi.

The infection is caused by the highly contagious bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It is called whooping cough because of the whooping sound that children make as they struggle to breathe.

Whooping cough cases nearly ... The respiratory tract infection is highly contagious, and spreads from droplets of a cough or sneeze. Others nearby inhale the bacteria and become infected.

"Surprisingly, we also identified a number of cases where the infection wasn't caused by whooping cough, but by another closely related bacterium called Bordetella holmesii," says Dr. Luu.

Cases of whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory tract infection, have increased in Washington this year and there were two cases reported in Kitsap last week, the Kitsap Public Health ...