A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

Doctors are reporting increases in infectious diseases like measles, whooping cough, and rotavirus, especially in children.

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as ...

A baby has sadly died from whooping cough, also called pertussis. This is the first death from the illness in the UK this year. The baby's mother was not vaccinated during her pregnancy, which shows ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

Louisiana’s Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham confirmed Thursday that two infants have died in the last six months amid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state, and said vaccines are the best ...

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 – ...

Japan has seen a sharp rise in whooping cough cases with the number of patients recorded in the first three months of this year surpassing the entirety of those in 2024.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Concerns are mounting over whooping cough after two babies in Louisiana have died of whooping cough in the last six months. Before these deaths, there hadn't been a death from it in ...

Measles cases are surging in 2026 amid declining vaccination rates, and whooping cough is also rising. Experts warn the U.S.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a respiratory illness that is spread easily from person to person through the air.