Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s and included in the childhood vaccination ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Heading into the holidays, what are the symptoms to watch for, who is most at risk for whooping cough and who needs to get ...

Pertussis cases are on the rise with Kentucky reporting its third infant death in 2025. Here's what to know about the ...

More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

(The Texas Tribune) More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been reported in Texas so far this year, already reaching a 11-year high even though two more highly infectious ...

Texas reports nearly quadruple the whooping cough cases than last year, with over 3,500 infections. Health officials urge vaccination as pertussis spreads statewide.