John "Jack" Fitzgerald, 99, a WWII veteran who shared his wartime stories with Eden Prairie High School students for 25 years.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a contagious respiratory illness, but it is preventable with a common vaccine.

Cases of whooping cough have exploded to over 32,000 in 2024. Here's what you need to know about this serious illness and how ...

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 ...

Anne Arundel County reported its highest number of whooping cough ... a high-pitched “whoop” sound when inhaling, though not everyone will experience it. The cough can linger for several ...

However, a very painful cough can develop a week or two later. Coughing fits can become so severe that infected people vomit or break their ribs. A whooping sound usually accompanies the cough.

It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold, but the cough that accompanies pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months, and this disease continues to surge ...

(KRON) — California is seeing a rise in cases of whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial disease that can cause severe illness, state health officials said Friday. Whooping cough ...

Medical professionals are stressing the urgency of vaccinations as Oregon reached its highest number of whooping cough cases since 1950. The Oregon Health Authority recorded 1,105 cases of ...

The disease is called whooping cough because of the high-pitched gasping sound that sufferers make when they inhale after a bout of coughing. It’s caused by the highly contagious bacterium ...