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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Bartlesville School officials announced cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, were reported this month at ...

Babies under six months and severe cases usually require hospitalisation. For patients managing their symptoms at home, cough remedies aren’t usually effective but saline sprays can provide some ...

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.

Family members, especially siblings and parents, can unknowingly spread the disease to babies ... against whooping cough, it fades over time, according to the CDC. Symptoms usually start five ...

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 ...