Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime ...
Cases of whooping cough across North Carolina have more than doubled compared to this time in 2024. Dr. Dan Park is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of North Carolina ...
Whooping cough often starts as mild, cold-like symptoms. In one or two weeks, the coughing worsens and can develop into ...
Wake County has confirmed a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Oberlin Magnet Middle School. It’s one of 20 ...
School-aged children and infants have made up the most cases in 2025, according to NCDHHS, and 49 percent of the people diagnosed are up to date on their pertussis vaccination.