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 ...

Two Kentucky infants died from whooping cough in the past six months, the first such deaths since 2018. Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations. Kentucky has ...

Whooping cough is known as the "100-day cough" because symptoms can be prolonged. Initially, the cold-like symptoms can last ...

When there's an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That's standard ...

A third Kentucky infant has died from pertussis within the past 12 months, according to a Nov. 24 news release from the Kentucky Department for Public Health. Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly ...

MEGAN. VACCINATIONS FOR THIS INFECTION CAN BE GIVEN AS EARLY AS TWO MONTHS. UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THE BABY THAT DIED WAS YOUNGER THAN THAT, LEAVING THEM UNPROTECTED. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...