North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more ...

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On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the illness was detected in an ...

School-aged children and infants have made up the most cases in 2025, according to NCDHHS, and 49 percent of the people diagnosed are up to date on their pertussis vaccination.

Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

Cold germs from someone’s nose or cough can live on surfaces for hours to days, depending on many factors. Learn which surfaces to avoid or clean.

So far this year, there have been 120 confirmed cases and 460 suspected cases of whooping cough across 21 states in Mexico.

The Vermont Department of Public Health confirmed a measles case in a child from Lamoille County on Tuesday, following the ...

Whooping cough can initially be difficult to separate from other cold-causing germs that surge over the colder months. Pertussis infections are called whooping cough because of the sound of severe ...

When a white blood cell finds a germ, it latches onto it. Then it changes its shape to surround the germ. You can imagine the ...

How Does Whooping Cough Spread? The bacteria responsible for whooping cough attach themselves to tiny, hair-like structures called cilia that line the respiratory tract. Once there, they release ...

One important caveat: If your doctor suspects you’ve had whooping cough for three or more weeks by the time you’re diagnosed, they may not prescribe you an antibiotic, given the bacteria ...