Louisiana reports a sharp rise in whooping cough, with 164 cases so far in 2025, mostly affecting infants and causing two ...

Whooping cough in babies. If your baby has whooping cough, you’ll likely notice a persistent dry cough that’s hard to shake ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times ...

Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention indicates there have been twice as many cases this ...

Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has seen 8,485 cases of whooping cough ...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria ... Two types of pertussis vaccines are currently used in the world: whole-cell vaccines (wPVs ...

What is pertussis and why is it dangerous? Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Researchers in France first identified the B. pertussis ...

Vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough significantly enhances the protection of newborns in their early months, a ...

Louisiana is experiencing a significant outbreak of whooping cough, with two infants already dying from the disease. State ...

Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far ...

Pennsylvania, one of the states hit hardest by the illness last year, has recorded 207 whooping cough cases in 2025.