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.

The most up-to-date data from the CDC, which was released in early November, showed Pennsylvania and New York had reported the most cases of whooping cough at more than 2,000 each. Ohio, Wisconsin, ...

The infection is caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria ... Whooping cough is especially dangerous for infants, who may not yet have received the full course of vaccinations. For infants ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whooping cough is a contagious respiratory illness that spreads through bacteria transmitted through the air. Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from ...

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 ...