Wisconsin public health officials are recommending people check their immunity status and get a vaccine as pertussis cases ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – With the return of cold temperatures and Thanksgiving gatherings comes the risk of the flu, colds, ...

Ontario County health officials have seen an increase in the number of pertussis cases, particularly in college-aged students ...

Caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis, the highly contagious illness - known as whooping cough for the whoop sounding ...

Pertussis, also known as the whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory infection causing uncontrollable coughing.

Six times as many cases of pertussis were reported in the United States for the week ending November 16, 2024, as the same week in 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Lane Tech High School in Chicago reports five cases of whooping cough across three grades amid a national increase in ...

A total of 281 whooping cough cases have been recorded since Monday in Dane County, per county health officials.

They did recognize that adults with weakened immune systems and chronic respiratory illnesses are at elevated risk for severe ...

Rock County reports an unusually high count of whooping cough cases. Rock County Health Officer Katrina Harwood says 42 cases ...

The Walker County school system confirmed Friday afternoon that there have been few pertussis (whooping cough) cases in ...