Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a respiratory illness that is spread easily from person to person through the air.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spike in cases of pertussis — or whooping cough — has kept scores of New Yorkers hacking recently as health officials closely ...

Whooping cough cases have been on the rise in Colorado over the past two years after a pandemic-era dip and a growing ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Iowa, state public health officials say. There have been 72 cases of whooping cough identified so far this year, the highest case count recorded since 2019, ...

Add pertussis (whooping cough) to the list of respiratory illnesses circulating in the Lehigh Valley region during winter 2023-24. And unlike viral illnesses such as COVID-19 or influenza, when a ...

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 ...

The number of confirmed cases of pertussis in Wisconsin this year is already 10 times higher than the total number of cases in 2023, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. In 2023, ...

The whoop torments babies, mostly, as they struggle to suck in air after a merciless bout of coughing. Others have broken ribs during the violent spells. Whooping cough, or pertussis, appears to have ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been reported in the St. Paul Public School District, with at least one case confirmed as of Saturday, according to an email sent by the district to families. In the ...

A spike in cases of pertussis — or whooping cough — has kept scores of New Yorkers hacking recently as health officials closely monitor trends as this respiratory virus season intensifies. The spread ...