A "potentially catastrophic" decline in Australia's childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in cases of whooping cough in 35 years, infectious diseases experts say.

Alameda County health officials sounded the alarm today that whooping cough, or pertussis, is still circulating locally and can cause severe illness in babies and young children. The county is urging ...

Taylor County Middle School students went home on Tuesday with a letter informing parents of a whooping cough exposure at the school, marking a notable return of the disease following a spike in late ...

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 ...

Carson City experienced a spike in pertussis cases last year that now has health officials urging residents to complete ...

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection that causes severe coughing fits with a “whoop” sound ...

Harris County’s health department recently reported that it had seen more than three times the number of whooping cough cases this year compared to 2024. As of last Friday, Harris County Public Health ...

Editor’s note: So far this year, there have been 15 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Wyandotte County and 195 cases overall in Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Wyandotte County Public Health ...

Whooping cough is making a major comeback in the United States, with sharp increases now seen in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon and many other places. Health officials say the latest rise in ...

Whooping cough reported at Cascade school, prompting health reminders and attendance concerns ...

Mississippi is seeing higher numbers of whooping cough cases in 2025 that in the last 15 years, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health. Hush Naidoo Jade Photography via Unsplash Hush ...