After a significant decline in cases during the pandemic, whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is making a forceful ...

Whooping cough — highly contagious and potentially dangerous — has surged in California to levels not seen since the start of ...

Health officials in Ohio are sounding the alarm as cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are on the rise.

“Whooping cough isn’t going anywhere. People still need to be vaccinated and get their vaccines. But it’s definitely ...

A new nasal whooping cough vaccine showed an ability to prevent both infection and transmission of the disease in mice. Current vaccines offer treatment but fail to halt transmission of the bacteria ...

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

Parents in a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania school district were alerted this week to a case of whooping cough, a bacterial ...

As whooping cough cases rise in the U.S., a new nasal vaccine developed by Tulane University may hold the key to reducing the ...

Whooping cough cases in Arkansas this year are at least "five times higher" than the reported amount of cases last year, ...

Whooping cough impacts the lungs and airways of those affected by the illness, while early symptoms are similar to that of a common cold -- this means that people might suffer from a mild cough ...