The Wyandotte County Public Health Department is advising people to keep an eye out for symptoms and get vaccinated.

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of disease spreading in Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of people during outbreaks, which occur every three to five years. Surges ...

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department said it has seen an increase in cases of whooping cough (pertussis).

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, ...

Talk about a comeback nobody asked for: Whooping cough cases have spiked majorly since 2023. "Whooping cough cases are up 169% so far this year, compared to 2023, according to the CDC," Dr. Dahlia ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has recorded more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this year than in ...

APH said through September, Austin-Travis County has seen 115 cases of whopping cough – also called pertussis – overall, ...

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I’M MANDY GAITHER AND WHOOPING COUGH IS ON THE RISE IN THE U.S. AND THE CDC SAYS PROTECTION FROM ITS VACCINE IS WANING. SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN AROUND 14,500 REPORTED CASES. THIS ...

Conceptual biomedical illustration of the bacteria Bordetella pertussis is seen in an undated stock photo. automation Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were ...

Whooping cough cases have jumped sharply year over year but remain in line with pre-pandemic numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. The CDC, which tracks whooping ...

Pertussis can be dangerous for babies, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. Vaccination rates in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that cases of whooping cough have spiked, but are still around the same amount of illnesses from before the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC said that ...