How is whooping cough spread? Whooping cough is easily spread from person to person via droplets, typically expelled via coughing or sneezing.

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of disease spreading in Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of people during outbreaks, which occur every three to five years. Surges ...

Whooping cough cases are surging once again, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, after several years of relative decline.

A baby has died from whooping cough in the UK amid warnings that vaccination rates among children and pregnant women have ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that cases of whooping cough have spiked, but are still around the same amount of illnesses from before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whooping cough spikes, especially among unvaccinated teens Doctors say whooping cough cases are going undetected — allowing people to spread the bacterial infection unknowingly for weeks.

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 ...

What to know about whooping cough as US cases surge to pre-pandemic levels There's been over five times as many cases of whooping cough reported this year compared to the same time in 2023.

Getting tested can cut down on the transmission of whooping cough while also allowing a physician to prescribe you antibiotics that make the person with pertussis feel better sooner, she said.

The number of cases of whooping cough in New Hampshire this year are already nearly as high as the total number of cases in ...