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 ...

Whooping cough cases are increasing in the United States. More than 8,000 cases reported in 2025. Bordetella pertussis ...

"The uptick in whooping cough and pertussis infections is attributed to a decrease in vaccinations," Yasko said. "In ...

With the school year starting, parents are working to protect their children from viral infections through vaccination.

New research suggests adults who completed childhood DTaP vaccines may not need tetanus boosters every 10 years, although ...

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

Pertussis' initial symptoms are similar to those of a cold, including a runny nose, fever and mild cough. One to two weeks later, some children develop the signature high-pitched "whoop" sound as ...

In a public health advisory Thursday, the department said no one died or was hospitalized during the outbreak, and in total, ...

A top CDC official urges the public to get whooping cough shots. July 19, 2012— -- Reported cases of pertussis are at their highest level in 50 years, a top official with the U.S. Centers for ...

As of July 30, there have been 183 cases of pertussis in the state, according to the South Carolina Department of Public ...

Doctors diagnosed 8-week-old Gavin with Pertussis. It wasn't something the Norton's knew much about. And it would turn their healthy, perfect newborn into an infant fighting for his life.

In this case, the scientists discovered that the ancestor of modern-day pertussis emerged suddenly in the 15th or 16th century. "That isn't very long ago," Parkhill says.