Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already in 2025 the U.S. has recorded 8,485 cases. That’s compared with 4,266 ...

Austin Public Health (APH) has confirmed a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Del Valle High School. In an April 15 letter, APH advised DVHS parents to be on the lookout for signs and ...

A notice from Hardin School District says two additional pertussis cases involve students at Hardin Intermediate School after ...

LANSING, Mich. — Health officials in Michigan are urging people to stay up to date with the pertussis vaccine as cases are on the rise this year. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ...

This year's resurgence of whooping cough cases has now accelerated to the fastest pace on record in nearly a decade, according to figures published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

LUMBERTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- During the pandemic, with so many restrictions in place, respiratory illnesses like the flu and whooping cough went way down. Now cases are back up at pre-pandemic ...

Several cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have recently been diagnosed among students in the Davis Joint Unified School ...

“Pertussis is a bacteria, and it does respond to antibiotics,” said Horton. “Not all of them, but most of them in a certain category. With the right antibiotic, you’re going to not be contagious ...

Inside the historic, 1740-built Stella Maris Hall at the University of New England, professor Meghan May – surrounded by beakers, microscopes, vials, bacterial cultures and other pieces of laboratory ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) confirmed on Wednesday that a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and said that the death is the first caused by pertussis ...

Cases of pertussis, known as "whooping cough," have increased in Jackson County over the last few weeks, according to the county's health department. It comes as Jackson County Public Health confirmed ...

The county has reported 15 cases of pertussis this year. In 2024, Whatcom County had 189 cases, the fourth-highest in the ...