FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025. FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery.

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

In 2024, the United States saw 35,435 incidents of whooping cough, also called pertussis. There were 389 confirmed cases reported in Tennessee. This year, already more than 10,000 cases of ...

Cases of whooping cough are nearing record levels in Japan with the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are difficult to treat with conventional therapies.

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case count since the COVID-19 pandemic.

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough ...