Butte-Silver Bow health department officials are stretched thin, fighting an outbreak of whooping cough that began in January. If your child is sick, and if you think it might be whooping cough, ...

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 ...

Whooping cough has been on the rise in the U.S. for years—and cases are continuing to soar in 2025. Meanwhile, fewer Americans are getting vaccinated against it. Here’s what to know about the ongoing ...

When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That's standard ...

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

When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That's standard ...