Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection.

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cases of whooping cough are climbing in the United States and in Ohio, marking a return to pre-pandemic ...

The vaccine-preventable disease was previously eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Vaccinations against whooping cough have also ... could also be contributing the resurgence of other infectious ...

The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and nationally, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ... Health preliminary data. The whooping cough resurgence is not due to low ...

The classic symptom of pertussis is a "whoop" sound caused by someone trying to breath during a bad cough. Severe complications ... however, the U.S. and several other countries have been seeing a ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection ... Starting in the 1980s and 1990s, however, the U.S. and several other countries have been seeing a steady resurgence of pertussis cases, which have ...

While national attention is rightly focused on the alarming resurgence of measles ... Pertussis, or whooping cough, is now spreading at a rate the U.S. hasn’t seen since vaccines were introduced ...

Annette Regan, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Whooping cough ... the U.S. and several other countries have been seeing a steady resurgence of pertussis cases, which ...