Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are on the rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 17,579 whooping cough cases, with the ...

MANITOWOC – Both measles and whooping cough cases have spiked dramatically throughout the U.S. — and Wisconsin has confirmed cases of both of these highly contagious diseases. As kids head back to ...

People are more susceptible to respiratory viruses, including whooping cough, during the fall and winter, state health ...

As a doctor and a mother, I’ve been closely watching the recent uptick in whooping cough cases nationwide. According to the CDC, cases of whooping cough have tripled compared to this time last year.

ATLANTA (AP) — Whooping cough was once a terrible menace to U.S. children, with hundreds of thousands of cases reported annually. Then a vaccine drove cases down, and the illness became thought of as ...

California’s worst episode of whooping cough, or pertussis, in 2010, likely spread among unvaccinated children to infect 9,210 youngsters. At first, the outbreak was blamed on waning immunity to the ...

Whooping cough sometimes presents as the common cold and is caused by bacteria that affects the respiratory system. It may look like the common cold but the cough doesn’t get better, it gets worse ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Whooping cough cases have hit a 10 year high ...

Parents' refusal of the pertussis shot may place kids in serious jeopardy. May 26, 2009— -- Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times ...

Low vaccination rates, particularly for the MMR and DTaP vaccines, are contributing to the outbreaks. Wisconsin's childhood vaccination rates are among the lowest in the U.S., well below the CDC's ...