Amidst the measles crisis, health experts are raising alarms about a significant surge in whooping cough cases across the ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Butte-Silver Bow health department officials are stretched thin, fighting an outbreak of whooping cough that began in January. If your child is sick, and if you think it might be whooping cough, ...

It’s not just the flu that Americans need to worry about this fall season. In recent months, public health officials have ...

Even vaccinated children can catch and spread whooping cough. Here’s why experts say booster shots and awareness are key.

EVANSVILLE — The Tri-State is seeing an increase in cases of whooping cough, an illness that is extremely contagious and spreads easily. But it's also easily preventable, according to information ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...

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Data show the whooping cough vaccine coverage among kindergarteners in North Carolina has dropped in recent years.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula Public Health is sounding the alarm on an unusual rise in whooping cough cases. Missoula County currently has 23 cases of the illness, B-Rad Applegate, an infectious disease ...

North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more cases than were reported in 2023-2024. “Whooping cough, also known as ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with ...