Whooping cough, scientifically known as pertussis, is experiencing a dramatic resurgence that threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and endanger millions of adults who mistakenly believe they ...

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The bacteria are often spread to babies by adults who don’t realize their symptoms are from whooping cough, or who don’t have symptoms at all, said Dr. Schaffner.

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.

It’s the highest whooping cough total since 2012, according to state records. The state had about 28.4 cases per 100,000 residents during 2024.

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Washington state reported nearly 26 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve s as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two infants in Kentucky have died from whooping cough in the last six months. State health officials confirmed the deaths Friday and said neither the infants or their ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Two infants in the state of Kentucky have died in the last six months from pertussis, an illness more commonly known as whooping cough. The Kentucky Department for Public Health ...

There have been more than 10,000 whooping cough cases in the United States so far this year, an unusually high number even by prepandemic standards, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a vaccine expert at ...