Early treatment can help whooping cough, which is on the rise across the U.S. Here are key signs and symptoms to look out for ...

The spread of whooping cough has been increasing since the early 2000s. But in 2025, there have been more than 8,000 cases of pertussis, more than twice as 2024.

With the risk of whooping cough infections rising, it's a good time to make sure you're up to date on your Tdap booster, experts say. Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly infectious respiratory ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a serious respiratory infection that leads to uncontrollable coughing fits. While anyone can catch it, the illness is especially dangerous for babies.

It has similar early symptoms of a cold, such as uncontrollable coughing. After early coughing symptoms it can get worse and cause people to vomit or make a “whoop” sound when breathing.

For the week of Dec. 28, 2024, cumulative cases of whooping cough in the U.S. totaled 35,435. During the same period in 2023, the total number of cases was 7,063.

The result was uncontrollable coughing. I stopped it and was given irbesartan, but that resulted in fluid retention and headaches. Then amlodipine was prescribed but it caused vertigo and hives ...

“Thick mucus accumulates inside your airways, causing uncontrollable coughing,” the Mayo Clinic says. Young babies, who are especially vulnerable to complications from pertussis, may not cough ...

Pertussis – a disease commonly referred to as whooping cough – is spreading quickly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. In California, nowhere is seeing as many cases as San ...

These initial symptoms include runny or stuffy nose, watery eyes, fever and cough. The disease worsens after one to two weeks, when thick mucus starts to develop in the lungs, which causes the violent ...

The result was uncontrollable coughing. I stopped it and was given irbesartan, but that resulted in fluid retention and headaches. Then amlodipine was prescribed but it caused vertigo and hives ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools has confirmed a case of whooping cough at Grahamwood Elementary School. MSCS said it is the only known case at the school.