Angela Falanga's eight-week-old daughter was hospitalized for 19 days with whooping cough and was placed on a ventilator ...

This bacterial infection can affect both children and adults, though it is more critical in infants and toddlers. ...

The whooping cough was once suppressed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, its cases are surging again. Here's what to know.

It's official. Your doctor confirmed that the cough you've been dealing with is more than just a cold. It's whooping cough, also called pertussis. Now it's time to treat it and learn how to make ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. Given the rise in cases ...

(Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File) (Uncredited) Whooping cough cases ... are similar to a cold but the cough becomes increasingly severe with a distinctive sound — a “whoop” as the person ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise ... For adults, pertussis is nothing more than a bad cough with a funny sound. However, for vulnerable individuals and children, particularly babies ...

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 of the year, but the illness is typically at its ...