Officials released an update Friday morning regarding an increase in cases of whooping cough in Haywood County. Haywood ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Whooping cough is a naturally occurring disease in the U.S.. It is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. People with pertussis commonly have severe ...

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025. FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

An illustration of Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File) Whooping cough tends to peak around this time of year and in the fall.

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.

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

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 ...

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