It's been a busy respiratory illness season for doctors in Central California. But that's not the only sickness that doctors ...

Infants can get vaccinated against whooping cough starting at 6 weeks of age. Hill Street Studios/Corbis via Getty Images Infection can cause an acute respiratory illness characterized by severe and ...

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. ( FOX 56) — Health officials in Floyd County are reporting four new cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Pertussis is highly contagious and spreads through coughing and ...

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 ...

The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old unvaccinated toddler in Mohave County, who died April 10, and had also tested ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...

Whooping cough cases in Louisiana are on track to post a record high for the year - the highest in 35 years. Mirroring national trends, the Louisiana Department of Health is reporting they've ...

Parents on Wednesday were notified of a whooping cough case at a Wake County school. According to the Wake County Public School System, Leesville Road High School sent a letter to parents stating the ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

Louisiana is seeing a surge in whooping cough cases, particularly among children, according to state health officials. The Louisiana Department of Health identified 164 cases of pertussis, known ...