Whooping cough in the United States spiked from 51 cases in 2023 to 1,365 near the end of 2024. Wisconsin had 2,365 cases of ...

Bay Area doctors detail which vaccines adults 50 and older should get now - pneumococcal, RSV, flu, shingles, COVID - and why ...

According to the CDC, between 1997 and 2000 more than 4,500 infants younger than 6 months of age were admitted to the hospital for complications of pertussis. 9 Over the four years reviewed, the ...

Infants are also at much higher risk for life-threatening complications from whooping cough. This is especially true for those who have not received a full course of the diphtheria, tetanus, and ...

In the past two years, however, pertussis cases have surpassed figures from before the pandemic. In 2024, local and state public health agencies reported 35,435 pertussis cases to the Centers for ...

Common life-threatening complications of pertussis in infants are apnea (pauses in breathing) and pneumonia. Less common complications include convulsions, brain damage and death. Pertussis cases ...

In the past two years, however, pertussis cases have surpassed figures from before the pandemic. In 2024, local and state public health agencies reported 35,435 pertussis cases to the Centers for ...

Complications of pertussis include pneumonia, syncope (passing out), seizures, apnea (stopping breathing), and death. These severe complications are most common in infants.

Fewer Kentucky kindergarten students have received the vaccines required to attend school, and data from the state's School ...

58 cases of whooping cough confirmed in Chelan and Douglas counties March 26, 2024 Updated Tue., March 26, 2024 at 8:46 p.m. X Email Reddit ...

This marks the first deaths related to whooping cough in Kentucky since 2018. Two infants died of pertussis, or whooping cough, within the last six months, according to the Kentucky Department for ...

71 cases of pertussis, which is commonly known as "whooping cough," were found in the student population of WSU and the surrounding community as of Nov. 1.