Two babies in Louisiana died in the past six months of a respiratory illness that doctors say is preventable. The head ...

What probably isn’t on the tip of your tongue? Whooping cough (or pertussis). It’s a respiratory infection that tends to get the most airtime among parents of infants, as young children are ...

The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That marks the most ...

A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.

The CDC reported that in 2024, there were 10 deaths from whopping cough, the most recorded since 2017, when 13 people died. Additionally, last year also saw 35,435 cases of the disease. Whooping ...

Tennessee saw over 300 more cases of whooping cough in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the Tennessee Department of Health data. The increase amounted to the highest number of ...

Infection with whooping cough in infants increases their risk of developing autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study led by scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Although the ...

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in more than a decade. The Spokane Regional Health District on Wednesday ...