The latest numbers, week 19 of the year, bring the cumulative total number of cases in 2025 to 10,771, nearly double the ...

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about pertussis, treatment for whooping cough symptoms and more.

California is one of the hot spots in the country right now” for the highly contagious disease, one medical expert said.

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease spread through the air via the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. Initially, the symptoms resemble a cold but can progress to intense ...

Whooping cough (also called pertussis or the “100-day cough”) is a respiratory infection known for the high-pitched “whoop” ...

UC Davis is distributing the letter from the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, below, to share with the campus ...

Yolo County alerts UC Davis about potential whooping cough exposure after four cases in the last month. YOLO COUNTY, Calif. — The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency is warning the UC Davis ...

Nova Scotia Health has confirmed a case of whooping cough at a school in Dartmouth, N.S. Staff and families of Caledonia ...

Two measles cases were just confirmed in southeast Louisiana—and whooping cough is already more widespread than it was all ...

Louisiana is experiencing a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in 2025, marked by increases in both whooping cough ...

CDC on Unsplash What are common pertussis symptoms? Whooping cough starts out like a normal ... is the vaccine recommended for preteens, adults who have never been vaccinated against pertussis ...