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.

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of patients during ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whooping cough cases in Colorado have tripled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Aug. 3, Colorado has had 333 confirmed cases of the respiratory disease that is ...

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 ...

Bartlesville Public Schools says all of its campuses have been impacted by the spread of whooping cough. A Green Country doctor says there is a spike in cases around the state this year.