Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been reported in the St. Paul Public School District, with at least one case confirmed as of Saturday, according to an email sent by the district to families. In the ...

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Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

When I contracted whooping cough a few years ago, I thought there must have been a mistake. Surely this antiquated disease couldn't still be active in the 21st century? But what started as a two ...

The name comes from the high-pitched sound people make when inhaling after a cough. Whooping cough moves from person to person through the air when people sneeze or cough and others breathe in ...

The term whooping cough is a reference to the high-pitched “whoop” sound that some infected people make as they inhale after a coughing fit. "They don’t have time in between those coughs to ...

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Pertussis is known as whooping cough because of the high-pitched “whoop” sounds a person makes after inhaling at the end of a coughing fit. The coughing fits can last for weeks or even months ...