Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has claimed the life of another infant in the state, marking the third such ...
Kentucky is experiencing a surge in whooping cough, with state officials confirming 566 cases so far this season — the most ...
Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...
As of Nov. 19, there have been 566 cases of whooping cough in Kentucky. State health officials expect more cases by the end of 2025.
An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, or whooping cough, has died, marking the third death from the ...
An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials ...
Abraham, a 70-year-old former Republican congressman who served three terms representing Louisiana’s 5th congressional ...
Whooping cough (or pertussis) cases are on the rise, causing concerns of a resurgence of the highly contagious disease.
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated ...
Whooping cough cases in Arkansas have set a 15-year high of 469 cases since Jan. 1, with children aged 10-19 being the most ...
Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months ...
The resurgence of whooping cough has no single cause. Instead, several problems are occurring at once: falling vaccine coverage, only about 60% of pregnant women receiving Tdap, waning immunity, ...