Whooping cough cases are continuing to rise in the United States, with new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...

The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year of age and anyone with a compromised immune system or moderate to severe ...

And sometimes babies don't cough or whoop as older kids do but may show ... to come in for tests and treatment. If you or your child are taking antibiotics for whooping cough, you need to be ...

Q: I’ve been seeing a lot of news stories about whooping cough. Is there really another illness that we need worry about?

Whooping cough is another word for pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes intense coughing fits, ...

California is grappling with a substantial whooping cough outbreak, primarily among school-age children. The state’s ...

The highly infectious respiratory disease is circulating through the US and Oklahoma. Here's what to know about the spread ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that whooping cough cases for this time of year hit their ...

There has been a fourfold increase in whooping cough cases in the USA this season. The illness, particularly severe in ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high in the state. The Minnesota Department of Health ...

According to the CDC, there have been 844 cases of confirmed whooping cough – also called pertussis – through Oct. 5 in ...