Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be hard to differentiate pertussis from other viruses. Design Pics/Don Hammond via Getty Images Among the many contagious ...

Louisiana has reported two infant deaths from whooping cough in 2025, the first deaths since 2018. The state has seen 164 cases of whooping cough this year, the highest number in 35 years. Health ...

LOUISIANA, USA — State health officials say no new measles cases have been detected across the state. Doctors say if small children or infants get whooping cough, it could be fatal. The Louisiana ...

Casey Means said she won’t broadly encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, the flu or whooping cough, as previously done by her predecessors.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Medical experts provided tips on how to protect your children from increasing cases of whooping cough in West Virginia. Dr. Michael Kilkenny, CEO and Health Officer of the ...

Louisiana is seeing a surge in whooping cough cases, particularly among children, according to state health officials. The Louisiana Department of Health identified 164 cases of pertussis, known ...

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. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...

Health department officials said they are working closely with school officials to find students and staff who may have been ...

Editor’s note: So far this year, there have been 15 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Wyandotte County and 195 cases overall in Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Wyandotte County Public Health ...

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending April 12, at least 8,064 whooping cough cases have ...

Four children died from measles and whooping cough, preventable diseases. Sen. Bill Cassidy and other health officials advocate for vaccinations. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine ...