Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the ...

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and has caused two deaths in Louisiana ...

The Florida Department of Health is hosting a vaccine drive after a Broward County students is diagnosed with whooping cough—<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

New research could aid in improving whooping cough vaccines to once again push this disease toward eradication by targeting two key weaknesses in the infection.

Pertussis cases are happening more frequently as DTaP vaccination rates decrease, with Louisiana reporting 110 cases in 2025 so far.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the ...

New research led by the University of Texas advances vaccine development for whooping cough, targeting the disease's ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease ...

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, was formerly a leading cause of death in children in the United States and around the world before vaccines were introduced in the 1940s. In the decades since, ...

In Louisiana, two infants have died of pertussis in the past six months, according to the state health department, the first ...