Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection.

At one month old, baby Phoebe was in the hospital struggling for breath due to whooping cough. At the time, she was too young for the vaccine from the respiratory illness that is surging across the U.

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case ...

The classic symptom of pertussis is a "whoop" sound caused by someone trying to breath during a bad cough. Severe complications ... however, the U.S. and several other countries have been seeing a ...

The vaccine-preventable disease was previously eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Vaccinations against whooping cough have also ... could also be contributing the resurgence of other infectious ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cases of whooping cough are climbing in the United States and in Ohio, marking a return to pre-pandemic ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection ... Starting in the 1980s and 1990s, however, the U.S. and several other countries have been seeing a steady resurgence of pertussis cases, which have ...

The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and nationally, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ... Health preliminary data. The whooping cough resurgence is not due to low ...

While national attention is rightly focused on the alarming resurgence of measles ... Pertussis, or whooping cough, is now spreading at a rate the U.S. hasn’t seen since vaccines were introduced ...