Whooping cough and croup are both contagious respiratory infections. Whooping cough causes a high pitched, gasping cough, while croup causes a barking, seal-like cough. Whooping cough and croup are ...

A devastating respiratory infection once thought to be primarily a childhood concern is making an alarming comeback among adults, catching the medical community and patients completely off guard.

Whooping cough cases are up again in 2025, data shows.For the 48th week of the year ending Nov. 29, there were more than 25,800 cases of whooping cough in the United States in 2025. Weekly cases have ...

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Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months across the state.The first two deaths in the state represented the first ...