: an infectious respiratory disease especially of children caused by a bacterium (Bordetella pertussis) and marked by a convulsive spasmodic cough sometimes followed by a crowing intake of breath
called also pertussis
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In December, Georgia public health officials put out an advisory saying the state had recorded significantly more whooping cough cases than in the prior year.
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Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead | Kff Health News, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
This nomination comes at a time of rising measles and whooping cough cases, underscoring the importance of ramping up effective vaccine policies.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
Most of the whooping cough cases in the Boise School District have been in its elementary and high schools, Hollar said.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Mutations to the bacteria B. pertussis are also fingered for the increase in whooping cough cases, as these mutations make the bacteria a more formidable foe against whooping cough vaccinations.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead | Kff Health News, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
This nomination comes at a time of rising measles and whooping cough cases, underscoring the importance of ramping up effective vaccine policies.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025
Most of the whooping cough cases in the Boise School District have been in its elementary and high schools, Hollar said.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Mutations to the bacteria B. pertussis are also fingered for the increase in whooping cough cases, as these mutations make the bacteria a more formidable foe against whooping cough vaccinations.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Whooping cough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whooping%20cough. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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