A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

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 ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the “100-day cough,” whooping cough or pertussis ...

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 ...

Two new laboratory-confirmed cases of the highly contagious Bordetella pertussis or whooping cough reported this week brings ...

Two new cases of the highly contagious pertussis or whooping cough have been reported this week, bringing to 11 the total ...

The Pasadena Public Health Department Health announced Wednesday it is investigating an outbreak of whooping cough involving four confirmed cases at Don Benito Fundamental School. The department is ...

CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HAYWOOD COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER CASE OF PERTUSSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN REPORTED. THAT’S UP FROM FIVE CASES REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, SIX REPORTED ...

WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the "100-day cough," whooping cough ...