Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services said there have been 247 reported cases in 2025 so far of pertussis, which is also known as whooping cough. The cabinet added there were 543 ...

Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations. Kentucky has seen a rise in whooping cough cases, with 247 reported so far in 2025, following 543 cases in 2024.

On May 26, 2025, Smith should have been an 18-year-old senior at Leland High School, crossing the stage to claim his diploma. Instead, the 51-year-old mother, Bell, walked the stage in her son's ...

In fact, the rise in pertussis cases in Hawaii comes as experts warn America is poised for a measles explosion if vaccine rates continue to fall at their current pace. The research from Stanford ...

Queensland has recorded 2,384 cases of whooping cough since the beginning of the year, nearly three-and-a-half times the 2023-24 average, according to Queensland Health.

Queensland has recorded 2,384 cases of whooping cough since the beginning of the year, nearly three-and-a-half times the 2023-24 average, according to Queensland Health. Concern is rising that ...

Mississippi has seen a rise in whooping cough cases in 2025, exceeding the total from the previous year. District 2 leads the state in reported cases, while other districts also report infections.

Louisiana is on track to set a record high in 2025, exceeding the previous record of 214 cases reported in 2013. The substantial increase in whooping cough in Louisiana has caused a corresponding rise ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025.

And when the pregnant woman receives the vaccine, that has prevented 78% of pertussis cases in infants less than two months and 90% of hospitalizations for infants less than two months with pertussis.

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025.