However, these cold-like symptoms are not just limited to a viral infection; they can also indicate a more serious condition called whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial infection ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. There were nearly 600 cases reported near the end of 2024 ...

While whooping cough, or pertussis, is commonly linked to children, it is not confined to a specific age group. Adults, including seniors, can fall victim to this “hundred days cough” and ...

North Carolina is experiencing an uptick in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, with cases reported at schools in Wake and Johnston counties. UNC Health experts say North Carolina and ...

A doctor has spoken of seeing babies “struggling for breath “ after catching the whooping cough as cases of the life threatening infection are to set to increase over the spring and summer.

Wake County school officials confirmed a whooping cough case was detected in one of their schools. On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the ...

Cases of Pertussis, or whooping cough, spiked on the state and national level last year, and Allegheny County's newly released data shows the county was hit hard. According to preliminary data ...

Louisiana is seeing an alarming rise in whooping cough cases, with the state’s Department of Health reporting two infant deaths within the last six months. These are the first such fatalities ...