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

Dr. Michael App, M.D., M.P.H., shares tips for families on how to keep themselves safe during summer traveling this year.

According to the CDC immunization schedule, babies should get three doses of a whooping cough shot – called DTaP – at 2, 4, and 6 months old, with two additional boosters at 15-18 months old ...

State health officials in July 2024 warned that whooping cough cases were spiking statewide to levels not seen in at least a decade. Last year, 543 cases were reported - the most since 2012.

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in ...

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 ...

Roughly 540 cases of whooping cough reported in Kentucky in 2024, the highest number of cases in the commonwealth since 2012. Nearly 250 cases have been reported so far in Kentucky in 2025.

Whooping cough is extremely contagious – in fact, it is up to ten times more contagious than the flu. If you’re immunised against whooping cough, you’re likely to have milder symptoms.

About 17% of kids are admitted for overnight observation following a scary allergic reaction to food, medicine or insect ...