SHREVEPORT, La. -- Concerns are mounting over whooping cough after two babies in Louisiana have died of whooping cough in the last six months. Before these deaths, there hadn't been a death from it in ...

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

In a response to the statewide whooping cough epidemic, the Highlands Community Center will offer pertussis vaccinations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Shots will be free for those who meet ...

INCIDENT. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON WHOOPING COUGH CASES. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS PERTUSSIS, AMID CONCERNS OF RISING CASES. SO LDH CONFIRMS THE TWO WHOOPING COUGH CASES ...

In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness like pertussis. Also known as whooping cough, it’s a contagious respiratory illness that ...

Even vaccinated children can catch and spread whooping cough. Here’s why experts say booster shots and awareness are key.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. "The pertussis cough has a very distinctive sound in children and adults," says Leticia Berber with the ...

Whooping cough cases in Florida have increased by 81% in 2025 ... gaps in vaccination coverage, or increased community spread ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - There have been five confirmed cases of whooping cough (pertussis) in Putnam County, the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health said Thursday. According to the agency, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula Public Health is alerting the community that pertussis (whooping cough) is circulating in Montana. Since December Montana has seen 140 cases in 13 jurisdictions. There has ...

CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HAYWOOD COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER CASE OF PERTUSSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN REPORTED. THAT’S UP FROM FIVE CASES REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, SIX REPORTED ...