A highly contagious respiratory illness is on the rise in the United States this year. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the ...

How to tell if your cough is flu or COVID, according to health experts, as both viruses continue to spread this autumn.

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...

Preliminary CDC data shows 8,485 whooping cough cases reported in 2025—twice as many as this time last year. Experts link the rise to declining childhood vaccination rates and growing anti-vaccine ...

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade. Texas has reported 1,064 cases of pertussis, ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said. As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...

Whooping cough cases in Florida have increased by 81% in 2025 compared to the total number of cases in 2024. State leaders have announced intentions to repeal vaccine mandates, prompting pediatricians ...