Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration depicts a 3D, computer-generated image of a group of Bordetella pertussis bacteria. If someone infected with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team at Trinity College Dublin has created a nasal vaccine made from antibiotic killed Bordetella pertussis that protects the ...

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 ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, remains a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite inclusion of pertussis vaccines in immunization programs since the 1970s, ...

When someone has whooping cough, the sound can be unmistakable: A deep, gasping "whoop" as they struggle to catch their breath between fits of coughing. Now, this once-rare illness, also known as ...

Whooping cough infected more Americans in 2025 than in any year since the pandemic began, with the CDC recording 28,783 provisional pertussis cases through the end of December. That total dwarfs the ...

(CNN) — 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 ...