Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that cases of whooping cough have spiked, but are still around the same amount of illnesses from before the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC said that ...

While the COVID-19 summer wave is still ongoing, there’s another respiratory illness to have on your radar: whooping cough. Cases of the virus are currently surging in the United States, with data ...

North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more cases than were reported in 2023-2024. “Whooping cough, also known as ...