Whooping cough cases are rising across the country, with the CDC reporting a nearly 270% increase in Colorado between 2023 ...

Within a week or two, however, symptoms progress to severe coughing fits. Inhaling after this type of coughing can sound like a “whoop,” hence the name of the condition. The coughing fits can ...

Picture coughing fits so intense they can actually break ribs. Yes, you read that right. The signature “whoop” sound happens when people desperately gasp for air between coughing episodes.

These coughing fits can be so severe that they cause patients to vomit or break ribs, and they’re often accompanied by a whooping sound as the person tries to catch their breath. This coughing ...

A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.

But what started as a two-week respiratory illness developed into "paroxysmal" coughing fits — episodes of such intense coughing they can cause broken ribs. And I was sick for almost three months.

Astoria Elementary School is notifying parents of possible exposure to whooping cough after another student was diagnosed.