The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue.

"People have coughed so hard they've actually broken ribs with pertussis. So, definitely that's not something that we like to see." said Dr. Huse.

Local cases of whooping cough have quadrupled since May, the Snohomish County Health Department reported this week. So far this year, the county has seen at least 41 cases of pertussis, the highly contagious respiratory illness known as whooping cough,

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the vaccine-preventable disease have quadrupled this year.

Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. In figures published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

The sound of whooping cough is harsh and unmistakable: uncontrollable hacking that's often followed by a distinctive "whoop" as people struggle to breathe.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is reporting a significant increase in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, across Wisconsin.

UW Health's Dr. Bill Hartman discusses a significant increase in Wisconsin whooping cough cases, as well as a study about microplastics in the brain.