Two young infants in Louisiana have died from whooping cough within the past year, marking the state’s first pertussis fatalities since 2018. A separate child death involving both pertussis and ...

Whooping cough is surging across the United States, with multiple states recording their highest pertussis case counts in ...

Whooping Cough in the U.S. More than 4,700 cases of whooping cough have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year. It’s on track to be fewer cases than last year when ...

Whooping cough is known as the "100-day cough" because symptoms can be prolonged. Initially, the cold-like symptoms can last 1 to 2 weeks, but the paroxysmal coughing stage can last up to 10 weeks or ...

Whooping cough is on the rise as vaccination rates fall, prompting authorities to issue a plea to the public to get vaccinated against a backdrop of post-Covid vaccination suspicion.