Some people continue coughing after they recover from a common respiratory infection. Doctors explain why a cough can last ...

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 ...

With more and more young kids opting out of vaccines, the cases of pertussis or whooping cough have been on the rise in the United States of America, with more than six times as many cases of the ...

A new flu variant fueling a fast-paced rise in cases across the state has brought with it some symptoms unlike those many ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. It’s highly ...

A student in the Lamar School District has been diagnosed with pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children's cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. And, in extreme ...

Deaths linked with whooping cough are rare, but when they occur, most are in infants.

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. And, in extreme ...