Health officials say the rise is due to pandemic-era health precautions wearing off alongside vaccine and booster hesitancy.

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some ...

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Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a potentially serious infection caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. The ...

Whooping cough is a cough that develops as a result of an infection from a bacteria. It can last a few weeks to even up to 4 to 6 months. Whooping cough is a very contagious bacteria, hence ...

Amid a nationwide resurgence, whooping cough cases are on the rise in Iowa City. The infection commonly known as whooping cough is impacting University of Iowa students and Iowa City residents.

If you have a severe cough that doesn't seem to go away, you may have whopping cough. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways.

Nearly 11,000 whooping cough infections have been reported in the United States so far in 2024 — compared with about 3,000 last year. The infection is highly contagious and can lead to life ...

An age breakdown for the cases was not available, but the agency says whooping cough most commonly affects babies and young children. In Georgia, 80% of cases this year were among children, and ...

Here’s what to know. By Dani Blum After a yearslong lull thanks to Covid-19 precautions like isolation and distancing, whooping cough cases are now climbing back to levels seen before the ...

Getty Cases of pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — have tripled in the United States this year. At this time last year, there were 2,918 diagnosed cases of the respiratory illness ...

Cases of whooping cough in the Portland State football team caused the cancelation of Saturday’s game with the University of South Dakota. Whooping cough cases in Multnomah County, where ...