Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to rise in the U.S. New numbers from the Centers for Disease ...
Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness that's rapidly rising in cases. Newborns are most at risk.
When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...
"This is an infection that causes quite a significant cough," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases ...
Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
The early symptoms of whooping cough sound like a normal cold but the coughs develop into ones that sound like “whoop” when ...
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the Centers for ...
California's whooping cough outbreak comes as the CDC reports a nationwide surge in cases, raising concern for those most ...
The coughing fits typically last one to six weeks ... The CDC recommends pregnant women get the Tdap vaccine early in the third trimester of each pregnancy to protect babies from the illness ...