Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That’s compared with 4,266 ...

Whooping cough, a serious and sometimes fatal disease, is on the rise across the U.S., often affecting young children and babies and sometimes resembling a cold in its early symptoms. The Centers for ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That's compared with 4,266 ...

The whoop torments babies, mostly, as they struggle to suck in air after a merciless bout of coughing. Others have broken ribs during the violent spells. Whooping cough, or pertussis, appears to have ...

There were 14,453 laboratory confirmed cases of pertussis in England in the first 10 months of 2024 – up from 856 cases for the whole of the preceding year. The latest provisional figures from the UK ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise throughout Washington state, Oregon and Idaho this year. The Oregon Health Authority is reporting over 800 cases of pertussis in the state as of Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Kentucky’s Department for Public Health announced two infants died of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in the last six months. Neither of the babies, nor their mothers, ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has now spread to an Alabama college campus after over a month of reported outbreaks in K-12 schools. On Monday, the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) ...

After declining during the COVID-19 pandemic, whooping cough, also known as pertussis, has seen a 268% increase in the number of cases in 2024 as compared to 2023, according to health data. The highly ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Douglas County Health Department alerted parents of students attending Highlands Ranch High School that their children may have been exposed to pertussis ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Arkansas has reported more than 500 cases of whooping cough in 2025. Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has reached its highest level in the ...