Even vaccinated children can catch and spread whooping cough. Here’s why experts say booster shots and awareness are key.

When someone has whooping cough, the gasping "whoop" as they struggle to catch their breath between fits of coughing is ...

Data show the whooping cough vaccine coverage among kindergarteners in North Carolina has dropped in recent years.

It’s not just the flu that Americans need to worry about this fall season. In recent months, public health officials have ...

A Mississippi infant recently died from pertussis, or whooping cough, the State Department of Health announced Monday.  It is the first whooping cough death reported in Mississippi since 2012 and the ...

Flocks of sandhill cranes, and the world’s only flock of wild whooping cranes, will be settling in the Lone Star State for ...

A fourth case of whooping cough or pertussis has been confirmed on Guam this year, the Department of Public Health and Social ...

The first day of school is just days away in Haywood County, and health officials are keeping a close watch on a summertime outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The county has ...

DOVER — Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Tuscarawas County. Twenty suspected cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, were reported to the Tuscarawas County Health Department ...

The number of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in Hawaii has climbed to an alarming level this summer, state Department of Health officials say. As of July 31, DOH has identified 203 pertussis ...

(LEX 18) — Two infants have died from pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, in Kentucky in the last six months, according to a release from the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and ...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – Health officials in Haywood County have confirmed an additional case of whooping cough, bringing the total number of active cases in the county to eight. The county ...