When it comes to seasonal illnesses, few are as dreaded - or as preventable - as whooping cough. The violent coughing fits, the struggle to breath, and the high pitched "whoop" sound that some people ...

Whooping cough cases in Wisconsin are 12 times higher than last year, with case counts reaching pre-pandemic levels, the ...

While unvaccinated young children and newborns delivered by unvaccinated moms remain at the highest risk of infection and ...

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

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

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

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

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Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health ...

This year's spike in cases marks a return to pre-pandemic levels of this infection, which is also called pertussis.

The total number of cases reported to the state has reached 286, the most since the last epidemic of 2012. Public health officials say case numbers are rising in Anchorage, but falling statewide.