TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough is described as a highly contagious respiratory illness and the number of cases is on the rise. According to the ...

A highly contagious respiratory illness is on the rise in the United States this year. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have surged to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, according to the ...

Among the many contagious diseases circulating right now — RSV, walking pneumonia and norovirus among them — is one that you may not have heard of for a while, or perhaps had assumed was an illness of ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said. As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...

Whooping cough has been on the rise in the U.S. for years—and cases are continuing to soar in 2025. Meanwhile, fewer Americans are getting vaccinated against it. Here’s what to know about the ongoing ...

It’s not just measles outbreaks that are on the rise in the United States: New cases of the respiratory infection pertussis — also known as whooping cough — are increasing as well. So far in 2025 ...

Public health officials Thursday reported a marked increase in the number of pertussis -- or whooping cough -- cases this year over recent years. Since the beginning of 2024, there have been 547 cases ...

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 posted ...