Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is an infectious disease that can cause serious and potentially life-threatening complications, especially in infants and young children, according to the ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a vaccination-preventable illness that has been on the rise in the United States.

Whooping cough is highly preventable, but waning vaccine rates are leading to more outbreaks and even some infant deaths.

Whooping cough cases are surging in the U.S., with over 26,600 infections reported. Experts warn falling vaccination rates ...

The poll revealed that up to 30% of Americans do not know whooping cough is also called pertussis, and just 43% recognized ...

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, ...

In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination ...

Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s and included in the childhood vaccination ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That's compared with 4,266 ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis cases has resulted in the deaths of infants in several states across the country this year, from Kentucky to Oregon. A UT Health San Antonio infectious diseases ...

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 ...

Over the last few years, the U.S. has experienced a troubling resurgence of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.