There has been a tenfold increase in Canberrans who have reported being infected by whooping cough (pertussis) in 2024 ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported a sharp rise in pertussis (whooping cough) cases in 2024, with ...

Last week, the state reported that so far this year, 1,099 cases of whooping cough have been reported compared to just 45 at ...

More than 80% of statewide cases involved children. So far, 28 people have been sent to the hospital because of whooping ...

Cases of the vaccine-preventable bacterial infection whooping cough have spiked in Missouri and nationwide. Cases of whooping ...

A positive case of whooping cough has been identified at Monrovia High School. School administrators have reported that they ...

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Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a bacterial infection that attacks the respiratory system. It gets its name from the trademark “whoop” sound a person makes when they gasp for air ...

And because the airway is so inflamed, the cough sounds like a shotgun. And then finally when they take that deep breath in, it creates that whooping sound," Gorfinkel said. The Public Health Agency ...