Across the U.S., the rate of whooping cough in 2024 was more than 400 percent higher than in 2023, with more than 35,000 cases.

Whooping Cough Symptoms in Children and Adults Adults and children over the age of 1 also often experience cold-like symptoms when infected with whooping cough. After one to two weeks, this can ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Whooping cough, a highly infectious respiratory infection that laid low in recent years, has come roaring back. In Ohio, whooping cough cases have doubled in a year ...

The CDC said that cases of whooping cause increased across the United States, which indicated a return to more typical ...

Rates of whooping cough in the U.S. continue to climb, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

HOUSTON — With the holidays still in full swing, a surge in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, has health ...

People with whooping cough have severe coughing attacks that can last for months. Pregnant people between 27 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, even if they have received Tdap in the past. Adults ...

Whooping cough is being reported in higher-than-usual numbers in parts of Canada this year, health officials tell CTVNews.ca.

The “whooping cough vaccine” is a combination vaccine that protects against not just pertussis but also tetanus and diphtheria. It’s called the DTaP vaccine for babies and children under 7 and the ...

HERE is a link to CDC information on when babies, children, and adults are recommended to be vaccinated against Whooping Cough.

There have been 75 confirmed and probable whooping cough cases recorded by the city of Milwaukee as of Dec. 11, with an average age was 15, said Milwaukee health commissioner Michael Totoraitis.

But whooping cough can be easily prevented through vaccination, said doctors. Pregnant women who want to get the vaccine can tap a national subsidy. Doctors also encourage adults to get their ...