Two young infants in Louisiana have died from whooping cough within the past year, marking the state’s first pertussis fatalities since 2018. A separate child death involving both pertussis and ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise and incidence now exceeds pre-pandemic numbers. While in adults and older children the cough can be bothersome and last for months, pertussis in young ...

Whooping cough cases in the United States have reached 4,598 on a cumulative year-to-date basis, according to provisional ...

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. Kentucky has ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise, with Kentucky reporting its third infant death since the start of the year. "KDPH confirmed none of the infants who died of pertussis in Kentucky over the past 12 ...

When someone has whooping cough, the sound can be unmistakable: A deep, gasping "whoop" as they struggle to catch their breath between fits of coughing. Now, this once-rare illness, also known as ...

This marks the first deaths related to whooping cough in Kentucky since 2018. Two infants died of pertussis, or whooping cough, within the last six months, according to the Kentucky Department for ...

International research led by Radboud University Medical Center shows that vaccinating women during pregnancy leads to the transfer of antibodies to their newborns. Antibodies from the mother are ...

Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life - ...

Pertussis cases dropped during the pandemic, then surged back across several countries, but Japan’s delayed 2025 outbreak stood out for its scale and its heavy impact on older children and teens. The ...