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 ...

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

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

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

Advice from the NHS as to what exactly that cough means, and when you should head to your GP, or even the hospital ...

While unvaccinated young children and newborns delivered by unvaccinated moms remain at the highest risk of infection and severe disease from whooping cough, federal health officials have warned for ...

A new CDC report finds that whooping cough cases are double the rate they were at this time last year. Infants under 12 ...

Cases of the contagious disease have soared to a six-year high in one Australian state amid an urgent warning to get ...

After three to seven days, a dry cough develops which can last ... or lessen the severity of symptoms. Whooping cough kills about 250,000 children worldwide every year and many surviving children ...

A smoker’s cough tends to be ‘phlegmy’ rather than dry. You might cough up mucus. People with a smoker’s cough often have wheezing too. Always pay attention to a new or different cough – it may be ...

Whether you have a wet, dry or tickly cough, these are the main causes and how to treat them so you can get a good night’s sleep. Sometimes called productive coughs – these are the type where ...