Whooping cough is making a dangerous comeback. Learn how to spot the early signs, protect yourself and your family, and why ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

Bordetella Pertussis bacteria In adult patients, pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity were generated for 4 clinical features: paroxysmal cough, posttussive vomiting, inspiratory whoop, and ...

Part of the reason whooping cough may not be in your everyday lexicon is because cases have dropped precipitously since a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s and included in the childhood vaccination ...

More than 3,500 whooping cough cases have been confirmed in Texas so far in 2025, the highest number in more than a decade.

Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical ...

Oregon Health Authority officials are urging people to make sure they are up to date on whooping cough vaccinations amid declining rates.

Are you an adult suffering from a long-standing cough that does not produce phlegm and stops as soon as you fall asleep? Has your cough failed to improve despite being treated with different ...

Whopping cough cases in the United States reached levels in 2025 far higher than before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. But ...

Scromiting” is a grim slang term for the severe nausea and vomiting that can come with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) ...

When you get stuffy and come down with a nasty cough, you might assume the culprit is the common cold. Feeling seriously unwell could point you in the direction of the flu, COVID-19, or RSV ...