HILO, Hawaii (Island News) -- Another case of whooping cough has been diagnosed in a patient on the Big Island, according to the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH). Health officials say this latest ...

The virus that can cause coughing fits so intense that patients can fracture a rib — whooping cough, also known as pertussis — has infected more people this year than the prior four years combined.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a bacterial respiratory infection. Initial symptoms resemble a cold but progress to intense coughing fits that can last for weeks. If infected, young babies are at ...

A few months ago it was reported that there were a lot of whooping cough cases. Whatever happened -- has it gone away? It's still out there. Olmsted County has already recorded more than 60 cases of ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Iowa, state public health officials say. There have been 72 cases of whooping cough identified so far this year, the highest case count recorded since 2019, ...