Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has reported 35 cases of Pertussis, also known as the whooping cough, ...

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

Cases of whooping cough have increased in the US. CDC confirmed 14,569 cases so far this year. Experts say that it’s the ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in the U.S., and the CDC said protection from the illness's vaccine is waning. So far this year, there have been 14,500 reported cases of the disease. That's nearly five ...

Whooping cough cases in Wisconsin are 12 times higher than last year, with case counts reaching pre-pandemic levels, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a news release on Thursday.

after the U.S. and other high-income countries switched to pertussis vaccines after the 1970s that triggered fewer side effects but also are less effective at guarding against disease and spread.

Kathy Bell, Anchorage School District director of healthcare services, holds a dose of the DTaP vaccine in her office on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. DTaP protects against pertussis. A number of pertussis ...

In a report published Thursday, whooping cough cases were more than four times the amount at this time last year.