A whooping cough outbreak has hit Haywood County, with six cases confirmed as of July 10 — up from five cases when the ...

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Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease's continued surge here and nationwide.

The state Department of Health calls the rise "staggering" and notes that it coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.

One of the best ways we can protect babies from the life-threatening illness of whooping cough is vaccination during pregnancy, which transfers protective antibodies to the unborn baby.

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

If you have a young child in your life Whooping cough, while unpleasant for adults, can be devastating for a child under a year old.

Two Kentucky infants died from whooping cough in the past six months, the first such deaths since 2018. Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations. Kentucky ...