The highly contagious acute respiratory tract infection, also known as pertussis, may lead to other complications like ...

The grief of a mother whose child died of whooping cough drives her to urge parents to get their kids vaccinated. Such ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

As cases of whooping cough rise, CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen explains what causes the respiratory illness, how it spreads and what to do to protect yourself.

At least 259 pertussis cases were reported during the first week into August, the CDC now tallies, up from 215 weekly cases towards the end of June. Pennsylvania has reported 1,489 cases so far ...

Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, according to a ProPublica report, and cases skyrocketed by 1,500% nationwide since a 2021 low point attributed ...

B. pertussis is different in that the incubation period is measured in days to weeks, the organism exhibits fastidious behavior in culture, and it has the ability to cause, as the Chinese term it ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has ...

Gavi is a public-private partnership including WHO, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation and the World Bank, and it is estimated that ...

Pertussis, or ‘whooping cough’, has been identified since at least the Middle Ages as a disease that affects mostly infants and children, but can also affect teenagers and adults. The symptoms ...

Bordetella pertussis infects the human respiratory tract and in nonimmune persons causes whooping cough, a severe illness associated with prolonged cough. 1,2 The severity of illness varies with ...