The Mississippi State Department of Health issues a health alert about an increase in pertussis cases, better known as ...

The state health department said nearly 40 percent of this year's cases have been reported in Northeast Mississippi.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has issued a health alert due to a significant increase in pertussis cases, urging ...

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Haywood County Health and Human Services confirmed six cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in children and ...

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Kentucky reports 2 babies dead from whooping cough, or pertussis cases. These are the symptoms in adults, children and infants. What to do if you have it.

And it’s not only Australia witnessing this surge. In the United States, whooping cough cases are at their highest since 1948, with deaths reported in several states, including two infants.

Kentucky health officials said the children are the first ones to die of whooping cough in the state since 2018.

Two infants in the state of Kentucky have died in the last six months from pertussis, an illness more commonly known as whooping cough.