Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That's compared with 4,266 ...

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, I wanted to ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial respiratory infection. Initial symptoms resemble a cold but progress to intense coughing fits that can last for weeks. If infected, young babies are at ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

WAPT.COM. >> TONIGHT, THE MISSISSIPPI STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING A PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT AFTER A BIG RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PERTUSSIS CASES ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS RESPIRATORY ...

As the country wrestles for control of an ongoing measles outbreak, cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, are rising precipitously. There have been 8,485 cases of whooping cough ...

Though vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough, have been available for over 80 years, there is an unmet need for improving efficacy of both disease and ...

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade. Texas has reported 1,064 cases of pertussis, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Infants are most at risk for whooping cough. (Getty Images) It’s not just measles outbreaks that are on the rise in the United ...

More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases have been reported in Texas so far this year, already reaching a 11-year high even though two more highly infectious months are left in the ...