Pertussis cases are on the rise with Kentucky reporting its third infant death in 2025. Here's what to know about the respiratory illness.

Whooping cough, more formally known as pertussis, is spreading but can be prevented by a safe and effective vaccine.

Public health officials are sounding the alarm over the rise of whooping cough. The big picture: Cases of the respiratory ...

A controversial CDC appointment, a West Virginia ruling to allow religious vaccine exemptions and a third whooping cough ...

Federal data shows more than 25,000 cases have been recorded so far this year, the second consecutive year of unusually high ...

A third infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky this year, marking the latest victim in what health officials are ...

Thanksgiving presents a risk for COVID-19 spread, especially as large groups of people spend time together. These are the ...

More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This ...

An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials said Monday. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against ...

The trends come from a CDC modeling tool that tracks emergency department visits tied to COVID to estimate how quickly the ...