The CDC reported 17,579 whooping cough cases in the U.S. through the week of Oct. 5. In October last year, that number was 3,962 – an increase of just over 13,600.Start the day smarter. Get all the ...
More than five times as many pertussis cases had been reported as of mid-October compared with the same time last year, according to provisional numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The infection is caused by the highly contagious bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It is called whooping cough because of the whooping sound that children make as they struggle to breathe. And it can ...