Sasfras admitted that she was the only adult home at the time her son received the fatal head injury, but claimed to have no idea how it happened. “While she admitted to ‘whooping’ her ...

If you have a severe cough that doesn't seem to go away, you may have whopping cough. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways.

Oklahoma kids are more protected from whooping cough than they were in 2020, experts say. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year were ...

Wake County has confirmed a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Oberlin Magnet Middle School. It’s one of 20 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease in the county this year.

Kline is talking about whooping cough, also known as pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Babies under ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. There were nearly 600 cases reported near the end of 2024 ...

Five babies in England have died this year from whooping cough – the first such deaths since 2019 – amid a sharp rise in cases across the UK and Europe. All five were under three months old ...