The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new alert this week, sharing that whooping cough cases have risen ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

Whooping cough starts with symptoms that look a lot like a regular cold ... care with plenty of rest and fluids while the infection runs its course. Unvaccinated babies and adults are those at highest ...

The total number of cases reported has reached 286. Officials say case numbers are rising in Anchorage, but falling statewide ...

Severe cases in teens and adults can cause weight loss, loss of bladder control, passing out and rib fractures from severe coughing. In infants and newborns, symptoms can show up as difficulty ...

Other symptoms include a runny or stuffed-up nose. Health experts say, babies, may not have a cough at all but instead gasp for air or experience apnea, pauses in breathing, which is life-threatening.

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the ...

Symptoms tend to be similar to a cold ... These include: The cough may last several weeks or months. Babies under six months have an increased risk of problems such as dehydration, breathing ...

Nebraska has seen 35 cases of whooping cough so far in 2024, which is almost triple the amount of cases seen in 2023 with ...

Alaska state health officials say rates of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are the highest they’ve been in over 10 ...