Whooping cough cases are on the rise alongside measles. Here's what to know about spotting and preventing it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. - Meredith Newlove/CDC/AP For the second year in a ...

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection that causes severe coughing fits with a “whoop” sound ...

The number of reported whooping cough cases in Texas last month were about four times higher than the same time last year, according to state health officials. Texas saw more than 3,500 cases of ...

(WLUK) -- Outagamie County health officials say pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is circulating the community. It comes at a time when other respiratory illnesses are present, like flu, RSV, ...

Whoopingcough might sound like a disease from another era. But the illness, also called pertussis, is alive and well in the U.S. Known as a childhood illness, whooping cough is actually most common in ...

(CNN) — For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the “100-day cough,” whooping cough or ...

WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the "100-day cough," whooping cough ...