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

SEATTLE — Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s ...

According to the Washington Department of Health, 2024 saw 2,261 confirmed whooping cough cases. That's 25x the 87 reported cases in 2023. So far in 2025, 1,314 cases have been reported.

Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby. But when Callie turned a month old, she began to cough, after catching whooping cough.

Whooping cough spreads easily from person to person through the air. People can spread the bacteria from the start of symptoms and for at least two weeks after coughing begins. Some people have ...

Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise in the ...

This may be pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough. Once considered nearly eliminated thanks to vaccines, pertussis has quietly reemerged. It never truly disappeared. It just faded into the ...

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating ...

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.

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease's continued surge here and nationwide.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Health officials in Washington and Oregon are warning the public about a sharp rise in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and urging people to stay current on their ...

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 ...