Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that primarily affects the respiratory system. The disease is most notable for its intense coughing fits, which often end with ...

YOU’RE PROBABLY HEARING MORE COUGHING THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT WHEN IS A COUGH CONCERNING? WELL, DOCTOR ALBERT POLITO FROM MERCY MEDICAL CENTER JOINS US NOW WITH MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING. SO WE’RE ...

Kate and Greg Moor weren’t thinking “whooping cough” when their son, 13-year-old Joe, started having coughing fits in early March. Joe probably just had a late winter virus, the Bloomfield Hills, ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

For the second year in a row, the U.S. has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels. Often called the "100-day cough," whooping cough or ...