It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has ...

The state Department of Health calls the rise "staggering," and notes that it coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.

Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – ...

Whooping cough, scientifically known as pertussis, is experiencing a dramatic resurgence that threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and endanger millions of adults who mistakenly believe they ...

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

There have been more than 10,000 whooping cough cases in the United States so far this year, an unusually high number even by prepandemic standards, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a vaccine expert at ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Two infants in the state of Kentucky have died in the last six months from pertussis, an illness more commonly known as whooping cough. The Kentucky Department for Public Health ...

According to the state's recent annual summary on whooping cough, or pertussis, there were 2,261 confirmed and probable cases in Washington in 2024. There were 87 cases in 2023.

Two Kentucky infants died from whooping cough in the past six months, the first such deaths since 2018. Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations.