Two unvaccinated infants in Kentucky have died from whooping cough in 2025, amid a nationwide resurgence of pertussis cases ...

Health officials announced in July 2024 that whooping cough cases had begun increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over ...

The rise in whooping cough cases comes as vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the U.S. Health and Human Services ...

Confirmed cases of pertussis, also called whooping cough, were reported at a second school in Wayne County. According to a ...

Doctors sound alarm over rise of diseaseHawaii health officials are asking visitors to ensure they are vaccinated against whooping cough as cases reach an all-time high in the state. Earlier this week ...

The total number of cases in the same time frame from 2024 to 2025 have nearly doubled, rising from just over 5,000 to more than 10,000 whooping cough cases, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Severe complications of pertussis include slowed or stopped breathing, pneumonia and seizures. The disease is most severe in young babies, although severe cases and deaths can also occur in older ...

Whooping cough is a naturally occurring disease in the U.S.. It is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. People with pertussis commonly have severe ...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Despite extensive vaccinations, the disease has resurged. The World Health Organization (WHO ...

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... An illustration of Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File ...