Whooping Cough In Adults 2024. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a. Cdc recommends pertussis vaccines for infants and children, adolescents, and people who are pregnant.

European countries have reported a surge in whooping cough cases in 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, with 10 times as many identified as in each of the previous two years. People with whooping cough are most contagious in the first two weeks after the cough begins.