It's a respiratory illness that may start out like a cold. But pertussis, also known as whooping cough, can last for weeks or months.

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial disease that can be spread though coughing and can cause severe illness, ...

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HealthDay News — Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December — about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been ...

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That’s why the recent surge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, should serve as a warning that we need to do more to ...