Nearly 17,600 whooping cough infections have been reported in the United States so far in 2024 — compared with about 4,000 last year. The infection is highly contagious and can lead to life ...

CDC warns of significant increase in whooping cough cases compared to last year, with potential factors including lower vaccination rates and decreased vaccine ...

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

McKinley Health Center is seeing a rising number of people with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Pertussis is caused ...

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

One theory for the spike is that cases fell sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, as mask-wearing, social distancing and other infection protocols helped to protect against whooping cough.

Timberline High School sent a notice to parents on Friday morning informing them that “a couple” cases of whooping cough, ...

Arizonans with respiratory problems this fall may want to add whooping cough to the list of possible causes. Cases in the ...

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

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

The name, "whooping cough," comes from the "whoop" sound people make as they breathe in following the severe coughing fits the infection causes, according to the Mayo Clinic. Children and ...

Reported cases of whooping cough, a highly contagious and ... "It's basically making sure that we are breaking the chain of transmission of the infection," he said. "The reason we're especially ...