Rates of the bacterial infection have gone up by 500% since last year, with babies and young children most at risk.

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough ...

It's not just measles making a fierce comeback in 2025. Another disease that's especially dangerous to young children, known ...

That’s double the number of cases reported compared to the same time last year, signaling another tough year ahead with ...

The anti-science policies of Trump and Robert F. Kennedy are aiding the spread of long-suppressed childhood diseases.

“Pertussis classically in the beginning looks like a cold and then turns into a very bad cough that leads to these, kind of, paroxysms of coughing,” Berry said. “In very young children, it tends to ...

Unlike his predecessors, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has yet to launch a national immunization campaign as the threat ...

In addition, there are people with preexisting health conditions that may be exacerbated by pertussis. These include those who are immunocompromised or have moderate to severe asthma. Wen ...

The county in 2025 already has reported a total of 30 confirmed cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, nearly ...

The Louisiana Department of Health warned that whooping cough cases are on track for a record high this year, "more than has ...

Whooping cough is a naturally occurring disease in the U.S. and Louisiana with predictable increases in reported cases every ...

Louisiana reports a sharp rise in whooping cough, with 164 cases so far in 2025, mostly affecting infants and causing two ...