As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough ...

It's not just measles making a fierce comeback in 2025. Another disease that's especially dangerous to young children, known as pertussis or whooping cough, is spreading nearly twice as fast as it was ...

Others who are a bit more subtle will require testing via a nose and throat swab. People infected with pertussis can spread ...

Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far this year.

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet ... who is the hospital’s senior medical director of ...

Whooping cough is a respiratory infection caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It is characterized by intense coughing fits that can end with a “whooping” sound when someone exhales.

Notably, the infant had not yet received the pertussis vaccine, nor had her mother during pregnancy. The case has raised concerns about the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria.

Cases of pertussis, the infection commonly known as whooping cough, are up across the country, and several children have died from it so far this year. Whooping cough cases in the United States ...

Cases of whooping cough in Japan have hit a record high for ... and of infections involving drug-resistant bacteria. The Japan Pediatric Society is urging parents to immediately vaccinate infants ...