Two babies in Louisiana died in the past six months of a respiratory illness that doctors say is preventable. The head ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

When I contracted whooping cough a few years ago, I thought there must have been a mistake. Surely this antiquated disease couldn't still be active in the 21st century? But what started as a two ...

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 ...

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.

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in more than a decade. The Spokane Regional Health District on Wednesday ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011. According to the Spokane Regional Health ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — An outbreak of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been traced back to seventh-grade students from Jenkins Middle School. Seventh-graders who attended Jenkins ...

Whooping cough cases have risen rapidly in Wales in the first few weeks of 2024. There have already been 135 notified cases so far in January, compared with about 200 in the whole of 2023.