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Whooping cough (/ ˈ h uː p ɪ ŋ / or / ˈ w uː p ɪ ŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1] [10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]
The spread of pertussis, also known as 100-day cough, has hit parts of upstate New York and Long Island especially hard in 2024, as counties outside New York City accounted for nearly 1,500 ...
A lingering outbreak of pertussis — or 100-day cough — and stubbornly infectious flu strain have kept higher numbers of New Yorkers hacking recently after months of battling a particularly ...
"The name for whooping cough in some languages translates to 'the 100-day cough.'" For most people, Dr. Edwards notes that whooping cough isn't deadly, but "it is still miserable."
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
Some people call it the ‘100-day cough’ because of the length of time it can take to recover. Whooping cough cases ‘could reach 40-year high’ in 2024, experts warn Skip to main content
A cough in children may be either a normal physiological reflex or due to an underlying cause. [5] In healthy children it may be normal in the absence of any disease to cough ten times a day. [5] The most common cause of an acute or subacute cough is a viral respiratory tract infection. [5]
The convalescent phase of whooping cough can last for three months or more, Dr. Edwards says. “The name for whooping cough in some languages translates to ‘the 100-day cough,’” she points out.