Two young infants in Louisiana have died from whooping cough within the past year, marking the state’s first pertussis ...

JACKSON, Miss. (KNOE) - The Mississippi Department of Health announced that an infant died from pertussis, also known as whooping cough. This is only the third pertussis-related pediatric death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — As the country enters another respiratory season, pertussis cases, commonly known as whooping cough, are ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise and incidence now exceeds pre-pandemic numbers. While in adults and older children the cough can be bothersome and last for months, pertussis in young ...

Children aged 8 weeks to 17 years who were fully vaccinated against pertussis infection according to the vaccination schedule were less likely to be hospitalised with a pertussis infection. The number ...

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak continues to surge, and it’s doing the most harm to children under the age of 1. The state has counted more cases in the first four months of this year than ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That’s compared with 4,266 ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Whooping cough cases are up sixfold from the same time last year in ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, remains a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite inclusion of pertussis vaccines in immunization programs since the 1970s, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Seasonal sickness among children is on the rise and may be severe for the youngest in your home. The CDC reports cases of whooping cough and walking pneumonia have risen ...

Despite the availability of an effective vaccine and recommendations for its use dating back to the 1940s, pertussis infection has continued to plague persons at either end of the age spectrum with ...

Whooping cough cases across WA's Great Southern have already more than doubled since last year, with doctors expecting the ...