Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...

Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months ...

As whooping cough cases in Kentucky continue to rise, the state's Department for Public Health is reporting a third pertussis-related infant death within the last year. The latest death was reported ...

The Hopkins County Health Department is urging parents to vaccinate their children after eight cases of whooping cough have ...

Whooping cough is making a major comeback in the US, with sharp increases now seen in Texas, Florida, California, and Oregon.

Kentucky is experiencing a surge in whooping cough, with state officials confirming 566 cases so far this season — the most ...

New details from health officials suggest the whooping cough surge may be part of a national pattern driven by slipping ...

Mississippi is seeing higher numbers of whooping cough cases in 2025 that in the last 15 years, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash Hush ...

Texas reports nearly quadruple the whooping cough cases than last year, with over 3,500 infections. Health officials urge ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services reports 3,500 cases through October of this year, around four times more than ...

The total amount of whooping cases reported to the health department since Oct. 3 is now in the double digits.

More than 3,500 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state ...