The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert Wednesday that cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are climbing in the state. The year-to-date number of cases in Mississippi ballooned to ...

The state health department said nearly 40 percent of this year's cases have been reported in Northeast Mississippi.

According to the CDC, there's been more than 9,000 cases of whooping cough reported in the U.S. this year. That's compared to the 4,700 cases reported at this time last year, which is almost ...

Symptoms of whooping cough Whooping cough occurs in three distinct stages, according to the CDC. Symptoms vary based on the stage of infection, age of the person infected and vaccination status.

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

There were 259 new cases of whooping cough reported across 22 states during the week ending May 10, according to the National Notifiable Diseases: Infectious Weekly Tables published by the CDC.

Whooping cough cases skyrocket The CDC reports cases of whooping cough have more than doubled in comparison to the number of cases this time last year.

Total cases of whooping cough in 2025 are double compared to the same time frame in 2024, the CDC says. naipo.de via Unsplash As schools across the country release their students and the summer ...

Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far this year.

A bad year for whooping cough In 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 2,116 cases of whooping cough. In 2024, it reported 35,435 cases. So far this year, there ...