An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials ...

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 ...

A third infant has died from pertussis in Kentucky within the past 12 months, state health officials announced Monday.

Preliminary CDC data shows 8,485 whooping cough cases reported in 2025—twice as many as this time last year. Experts link the rise to declining childhood vaccination rates and growing anti-vaccine ...

West Virginia is seeing its highest number of whooping cough cases in 15 years. According to Dr. Steven Eshenaur, the health ...

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

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced an update Wednesday (May 14) regarding measles in the state, with no new infections identified following two recently ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two infants in Kentucky have died from whooping cough in the last six months. State health officials confirmed the deaths Friday and said neither the infants or their mothers ...

AppHealthCare has identified eight cases of pertussis and 20 cases under investigation. These cases are among school-age ...

A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is being seen more across the U.S. due in ...