At one month old, baby Phoebe was in the hospital struggling for breath due to whooping cough. At the time, she was too young for the vaccine from the respiratory illness that is surging across the U.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services warns that cases of whooping cough are on the rise. Over the past three ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection.

With those protections lifted, the illness is once again spreading widely. Whooping cough typically starts like a cold, with mild symptoms such as a runny nose, but progresses to violent coughing fits ...

Pertussis (whooping cough) is on the rise in Hawaii as the state's vaccination rates dip below national averages. Experts ...

Whooping cough cases ... happens after a hacking cough, according to the Mayo Clinic. Breathing in after coughing often causes a high-pitched noise that sounds like a "whoop," hence its name.

Breathing in after coughing often causes a high-pitched noise that sounds like a "whoop," hence its name. You can get whooping cough at any time ... that we all can do something about," Sharfstein ...

“What happens is in the second part of the symptoms with whooping cough... they (most likely children) start having a cough that's really strong and making that sound like they're not able to ...

Kathryn Alcaide watched whooping ... fever, cough — but become more severe 5 to 10 days after infection. The telltale sign is a high-pitched noise that sounds like a "whoop" when a child tries ...

Rates of whooping cough dipped across the United States during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend also seen with other infectious diseases like the ... “whoop” sound when they gasp ...

highwaystarz – stock.adobe.com But experts say the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses, like measles and whooping ... the cough becomes increasingly severe with a distinctive sound ...