Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be hard to differentiate pertussis from other viruses. Design Pics/Don Hammond via Getty Images Among the many contagious ...

Wisconsin has had more whooping cough cases than nearly every other state in the country so far this year, according to data on the disease released Friday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Whooping cough, a serious and sometimes fatal disease, is on the rise across the U.S., often affecting young children and babies and sometimes resembling a cold in its early symptoms. The Centers for ...

A nationwide whooping cough surge has infected nearly 2,200 Pennsylvanians, outpacing every other state and putting local medical experts on high alert. The national Centers for Disease Control and ...

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.