Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new warning is being issued as cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are on the rise just as kids prepare to head ...

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 ...

Whooping cough cases highest in a decade It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold, but the cough that accompanies pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months ...

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 ...

This marks the first deaths related to whooping cough in Kentucky since 2018. Two infants died of pertussis, or whooping cough, within the last six months, according to the Kentucky Department for ...

As friends and family gather this holiday season, there’s a warning for new parents. The CDC says cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, remain elevated this year. An unvaccinated infant died from the ...

For some adults, a cough lasting months may not be ordinary post-viral irritation. An infection usually associated with ...

At one month old, baby Phoebe was in the hospital struggling for breath due to whooping cough. At the time, she was too young for the vaccine from the respiratory illness that is surging across the ...

There were 14,453 laboratory confirmed cases of pertussis in England in the first 10 months of 2024 – up from 856 cases for the whole of the preceding year. The latest provisional figures from the UK ...