The total number of cases in the same time frame from 2024 to 2025 have nearly doubled, rising from just over 5,000 to more ...

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Austin Public Health (APH) has confirmed a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Del Valle Elementary School.

California is one of the hot spots in the country right now” for the highly contagious disease, one medical expert said.

The Hawaii Department of Health said cases of pertussis are on the rise in the state, and is urging residents to keep up with recommended vaccines.

Whooping cough (also called pertussis or the “100-day cough”) is a respiratory infection known for the high-pitched “whoop” ...

Some doctors call pertussis "the 100-day cough" because symptoms can linger for weeks or even months. The World Health Organization estimates that 24.1 million pertussis cases and 160,700 deaths occur ...

UC Davis is distributing the letter from the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, below, to share with the campus ...

Yolo County alerts UC Davis about potential whooping cough exposure after four cases in the last month. YOLO COUNTY, Calif. — The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency is warning the UC Davis ...

CDC on Unsplash What are common pertussis symptoms? Whooping cough starts out like a normal cold with a cough, Chin-Hong said, but the cough only worsens as time goes on. According to the ...