Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already ...

Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has seen 8,485 cases of whooping cough ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, ...

Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far ...

Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention indicates there have been twice as many cases this ...

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025.

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other ...

depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File) (Uncredited) Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough ...

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.