The Department of Public Health and Social Services received one laboratory-confirmed Bordetella pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, reported Friday, according to a news release from the ...

Guam now has one case of the highly contagious whooping cough called Bordetella pertussis or pertussis, the Department of Public Health and Social Services said on Thursday. Public Health said it ...

This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...