In 1578, Dr. Guillaume de Baillou of France recorded the first known outbreak of whooping cough in Paris. The cough has a high-pitched whoop sound lending itself to the common name of whooping cough.

A typical case of pertussis starts with a cough and runny nose for one to two weeks, followed by weeks to months of rapid coughing fits that sometimes end with a whooping sound. Fever ...

"It's really shocking," Lacy said of the crane deaths. "That magnitude of that loss makes us worried not only about sandhill ...

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Q. I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: “Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on ...

Species: Whooping crane About: Whooping cranes are North America’s tallest birds — with males standing nearly 5 feet tall — and the rarest crane species in the world. There are around 500 in the Texas ...

Of the 15 distinct species of cranes, two migratory cranes (sandhill and whooping) seem to be prime candidates for colonizing South America. An isolated population of sandhill cranes lives and breeds ...

Mississippi has seen a rise in whooping cough cases in 2025 ... What to identify during coughing fits: A high-pitched "whoop" sound at the end of each coughing fit Vomiting due to excessive ...

Mississippi has seen a rise in whooping cough cases in 2025 ... What to identify during coughing fits: A high-pitched "whoop" sound at the end of each coughing fit Vomiting due to excessive coughing ...