In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby. But when ...

Katie Van Tornhout, an Indiana woman who lost her 37-day-old daughter to whooping cough, recalls the heartbreak of losing a ...

It’s easy to forget how deadly whooping cough, measles, rubella, and polio once were—but for families who lost loved ones, ...

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.

There's an outbreak of whooping cough in Iqaluit and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, according to the territory's chief public health officer.The Department of Health announced the outbreaks in a pair of news ...

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.

Whooping cough cases in Washington state increased sharply, with 2,261 cases in 2024 compared to 87 in 2023, coinciding with a decline in vaccination rates among young children from 73% in 2019 to ...

Whooping cough cases in Australia have been rising since 2024. Here's what's driving the surge and how to stay safe.

Whooping cough, while unpleasant for adults, can be devastating for a child under 1 year old. Babies have a less developed immune system and, for reasons scientists do not fully understand, ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case count since the COVID-19 pandemic. Skip to content.

Whooping cough is making a strong comeback in the United States as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a steep rise in reported cases. “We are seeing a significant ...