Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by an intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." The illness spreads from person to person through the air, carried ...

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

Kansas news: Headlines from Wichita, Topeka and around the Sunflower State Bronaugh said people infected with whooping cough can spread its bacteria for many weeks after coughing begins and if it ...

Cancel anytime. This 2016 illustration, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. MILWAUKEE — Whooping cough is at its highest ...

People with whooping cough spread the disease by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others, who then breathe in the bacteria. People with whooping cough are most contagious in the ...