Whooping cough is highly preventable, but waning vaccine rates are leading to more outbreaks and even some infant deaths.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. It starts out like a ...

OR ENERGY DRINKS. UPDATED FEDERAL DATA SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 25,000 CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH IN THE UNITED STATES SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WITH A HIGHER THAN ...

Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have reached the highest annual total in a decade, with as many cases tallied in the last 12 weeks as in the entire rest of the year. As of mid-September, about 14,500 ...

Q&A: Whooping Cough Cases Are Rising In Tulsa County, Here’s What You Need To Know The CDC and Tulsa Health Department report a rise in whooping cough cases across Tulsa County, with 50 confirmed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Whooping cough and Norovirus cases continue rising every year post-pandemic, and some local doctors have a few guesses as to why this year’s numbers are so high. “COVID is ...

This file photo shows an empty bottle of Tetanus, Diphthera and Pertussis, (whooping cough) vaccine. Washington state has seen its pertussis surge from 2024 carry over into the early months of 2025.