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

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, ...

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

A highly contagious respiratory illness is on the rise in the United States this year. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the ...

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 ...

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

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