Although in the post-Covid-19 era, pertussis incidences soared spectacularly, pertussis cases were already on the rise before ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

While vaccinations are high for Oklahoma, the state still sees high numbers, while the state health department looks for ways to prevent more spread.

Spokane County is facing a dual outbreak, with more influenza infections in the first two months of 2025 than entire seasons ...

The disease, often referred to as pertussis, has affected 71 Oklahomans since the start of the year. Last year, Oklahoma finished the year with 469 total cases—just about 1% of the 35,493 ...

SEMINOLE, Texas — When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children.

The Mobile County Health Department has seen an increase in whooping cough cases this month especially in schools. Pertussis, ...

Young infants are at more risk because they don't get the first of six doses of the vaccine until they are two months old. So, before that, they are unprotected and more likely to die from whooping ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department on Thursday announced that cases of whooping cough ...

Lancaster County has already recorded 29 cases of the highly contagious disease this month, the most since the season started ...

A counterpoint to Kennedy’s dry nonchalance comes from Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center ...

That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since a 2017 surge of the illness, which is also known as pertussis. Over the last month, pertussis infections have been rising again.