Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly support the whooping ...
Whooping cough, a serious and sometimes fatal disease, is on the rise across the U.S., often affecting young children and babies and sometimes resembling a cold in its early symptoms. The Centers for ...
The Highland County Health Department has confirmed four (4) cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, within the community since February 2026. Of the confirmed cases, three individuals ...
The Suffolk County Department of Health in New York is sounding the alarm on a whooping cough outbreak happening throughout school districts in the region, it detailed in a press release Saturday. At ...
When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That's standard ...
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What is whooping cough?

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection that causes severe coughing fits with a “whoop” sound ...
Stay protected against whooping cough—here's what experts need you to know.