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

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 ...

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

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

MORGANTOWN — Two West Virginia University physicians are encouraging people to recognize the early symptoms of pertussis, or ...

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 ...

With whooping cough cases in West Virginia at a record high this year, a physician said residents should consider getting a ...

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 ...