Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s and included in the childhood vaccination ...

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in the US — and so are deaths, with most of 2025’s fatalities being children and ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

A highly contagious respiratory illness is on the rise in the United States this year. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the ...

The brutal respiratory infection has infected tens of thousands and killed at least 13 people in the U.S. in 2025 ...

It’s not just measles outbreaks that are on the rise in the United States: New cases of the respiratory infection pertussis — also known as whooping cough — are increasing as well. So far in 2025 ...

Over the last few years, the U.S. has experienced a troubling resurgence of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

When you get stuffy and come down with a nasty cough, you might assume the culprit is the common cold. Feeling seriously unwell could point you in the direction of the flu, COVID-19, or RSV ...