When someone has whooping cough, the gasping "whoop" as they struggle to catch their breath between fits of coughing is ...

Even vaccinated children can catch and spread whooping cough. Here’s why experts say booster shots and awareness are key.

Data show the whooping cough vaccine coverage among kindergarteners in North Carolina has dropped in recent years.

It’s not just the flu that Americans need to worry about this fall season. In recent months, public health officials have ...

A fourth case of whooping cough or pertussis has been confirmed on Guam this year, the Department of Public Health and Social ...

A Mississippi infant recently died from pertussis, or whooping cough, the State Department of Health announced Monday.  It is the first whooping cough death reported in Mississippi since 2012 and the ...

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 ...

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A local high school has confirmed its first case of whooping cough for this school year. Fairmont High School sent a letter to parents last week advising that one of its students ...

The first day of school is just days away in Haywood County, and health officials are keeping a close watch on a summertime outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The county has ...

Update: On Friday, July 18, officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, confirmed an additional case of whooping cough, this time in an adult. This is the seventh case. Health officials say all other ...

An Orange County baby died from whooping cough, the first confirmed infant death from the disease since 2018, health officials announced Thursday. The California Department of Public Health did not ...