Two Louisiana babies have died with whooping cough this year as the state trends toward a record number of cases in 2025, the Department of Health reported Friday. The agency said it has confirmed 164 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vaccination rates for whooping cough are at a 15-year low (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA) A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated ...

Another baby has died from whooping cough, bringing the number to 10 in just seven months. Officials at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have urged pregnant women to get vaccinated after cases of ...

Whooping cough is on the rise nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In mid-October, the CDC reported more than 18,500 cases nationwide of pertussis, commonly called ...

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The headlines are startling and brought me back to my darkest days. Cases of whooping cough are off the charts in Connecticut—up to 10 times as many cases right now than we saw in all of 2023. This is ...

Experts have urged the English public to get vaccinated after the deaths of several infants from whooping cough. Eight babies have died since January as the disease has spread through the country.

Phoebe Williams receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. She is affiliated with the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Advocacy and Policy Committee and the ...

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

Louisiana has reported two infant deaths from whooping cough in 2025, the first deaths since 2018. The state has seen 164 cases of whooping cough this year, the highest number in 35 years. Health ...