Whooping cough, while unpleasant for adults, can be devastating for a child under a year old. Babies have a less developed immune system and, for reasons scientists do not fully understand, ...

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.

Four cases of whooping cough have been identified over the past month among the 40,000 students attending UC Davis, the university has reported. UCD distributed a letter from the Yolo County ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Whooping cough is causing concern in Washington state, with public health officials reporting over 1,000 cases statewide so far in 2025. In Clark County, the numbers are ...

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 ...

In this file photo, a nurse gives a vaccine to a child. With whooping cough cases on the rise in Texas and nationally, doctors are urging people to stay up-to-date on the vaccine that protects ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana health officials are sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in whooping cough cases, with the number of infections already surpassing last year’s total—and the ...

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak continues to surge, and it’s doing the most harm to children under the age of 1. The state has counted more cases in the first four months of this ...

A Pasadena resident has tested positive for whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness that can be lethal in infants, after visiting the Kidspace Children’s Museum last week ...

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.

A government spokeswoman said that the initial signs of whooping cough were similar to a common cold. However, after about a week, patients suffer coughing bouts that can last for a few minutes.

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025. FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and ...