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.

That doesn’t mean that the nature of North Carolina politics has changed, however. It just means that, right now, it isn’t ...

What are the symptoms? The early symptoms of whooping cough sound like a normal cold but the coughs develop into ones that sound like “whoop” when those who are sick gasp for air after coughing.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime ...

Health professionals have recognized higher-than-normal cases of whooping cough in Caldwell County this ... coughs followed by a high-pitched, whoop sound; coughing fits followed by vomiting ...

Health officials were keeping their fingers crossed today that no more children have fallen ill in an outbreak of whooping cough at a primary school. At least 23 children have fallen ill with the ...

His audio message came a day after Ash Wednesday, marking the start of the Lenten season leading up to Easter. For two weeks, Cardinals have been leading nightly recitations of the Rosary to pray ...

“Whooping cough causes coughing that can last for weeks to months,” the letter from Wake County Health and Human Services said. “Sometimes the cough can sound like a whoop as the person tries to catch ...

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