Symptoms of whooping cough typically start five to 10 days after exposure but can take up to 21 days to develop. After a slight fever and cough, the cough gets worse and symptoms ...
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a "highly contagious acute respiratory illness" that starts with mild symptoms, Goldstein said. Infected individuals later develop a severe cough that can ...
State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Children and adolescents are primarily affected by those bacterial respiratory illnesses, Public Health ...