Kate and Greg Moor weren’t thinking “whooping cough” when their son, 13-year-old Joe, started having coughing fits in early March. Joe probably just had a late winter virus, the Bloomfield Hills, ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

Whooping cough has been on the rise in the U.S. for years—and cases are continuing to soar in 2025. Meanwhile, fewer Americans are getting vaccinated against it. Here’s what to know about the ongoing ...

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 ...

Fairfax County, Virginia, is seeing a spike in whooping cough days before students are set to go back to school. Pertussis illness, known as whooping cough, is caused by a bacteria that spreads from ...

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 ...