The good news is that most cases of whooping cough are preventable with DTaP vaccines in childhood and Tdap shots at age 11 or 12 and during pregnancy. (Both are combination vaccines for diptheria, ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said. As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. Already ...

At least 8,064 whooping cough cases have been recorded nationwide. Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, it’s not just measles on the rise - whooping cough cases have jumped more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021. Experts warn that ...

Here's what to know about whooping cough amid the growing cases. The rise in pertussis infections has raised alarms for health experts who are already grappling with the ongoing outbreaks of ...

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Whooping cough has been on the rise in the U.S. for years—and cases are continuing to soar in 2025. Meanwhile, fewer Americans are getting vaccinated against it. Here’s what to know about the ...

In 2021, when people were social distancing and in lockdown during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were barely 2,000 reported cases of whooping cough. An Alarming Rise in First Few ...

Among the many contagious diseases circulating right now — RSV, walking pneumonia and norovirus among them — is one that you may not have heard of for a while, or perhaps had assumed was an ...