Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical ...

Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...

A third infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky within the past 12 months, state health officials announced.

Parents, guardians and all who care for kids should check their medicine cabinets after a children’s cough syrup was recalled for a foodborne bacteria that can cause myriad problems. And, in extreme ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is on the rise in Austin-Travis County with more than 130 cases so far this year.

Health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health have confirmed a third infant death tied to pertussis, or whooping cough. On Monday, officials announced the death caused by the highly ...

The first day of school is just days away in Haywood County, and health officials are keeping a close watch on a summertime outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The county has ...

A sharp, unseasonably early spike in norovirus cases, also known as the “winter vomiting disease,” has emerged, adding an ...

As of Nov. 19, there have been 566 cases of whooping cough in Kentucky. State health officials expect more cases by the end ...

Whopping cough cases in the United States reached levels in 2025 far higher than before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. But social media posts recommending hydrogen peroxide as a remedy are ...