In the midst of rising cases on both the statewide and national levels, experts at the University of Mississippi Medical ...

Rising cases of pertussis nationally and statewide serve as a reminder to parents to vaccinate their children against this ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a very contagious bacterial infection. It starts like cold symptoms and then develops into the classic, persistent, whooping cough.

The first signs of whooping cough are similar to a cold and can include a runny nose and sore throat before developing into coughing bouts.