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, ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending April 12, at least 8,064 whooping cough cases have ...

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

Louisiana’s whooping cough outbreak is now the worst in 35 years, after cases dramatically outpaced the previous record high over the summer and hospitalizations continued to rise among young infants.

With the risk of whooping cough infections rising, it's a good time to make sure you're up to date on your Tdap booster, experts say. Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly infectious respiratory ...

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025. FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Kate and Greg Moor weren’t thinking “whooping cough” when their son, 13-year-old Joe, started having coughing fits in early March. Joe probably just had a late winter virus, the Bloomfield Hills, ...

A Pasadena resident has tested positive for whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness that can be lethal in infants, after visiting the Kidspace Children’s Museum last week, authorities ...

Mississippi has seen a rise in whooping cough cases in 2025, exceeding the total from the previous year. District 2 leads the state in reported cases, while other districts also report infections.

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has bounced ...

A case of whooping cough was confirmed at a second Wake County public school. Leesville Road High School in North Raleigh sent an email to parents on Wednesday, April 23, saying Wake County Health & ...