The illness can be life-threatening, especially for infants, who make up about 10 percent of diagnosed cases and ...
22,000 cases of whooping cough have been reported in U.S. as of the week ending November 2nd — the highest number of cases ...
Whooping cough ... Often called the "hundred-day cough," coughing symptoms can last as long as three months. For babies and very young children, the illness can be life-threatening as coughing fits ...