Data show the whooping cough vaccine coverage among kindergarteners in North Carolina has dropped in recent years.

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

So far this year, over eight thousand cases of whooping cough have been recorded nationwide based on data from the CDC. Over ...

Total cases of whooping cough in 2025 are double compared to the same time frame in 2024, the CDC says. naipo.de via Unsplash As schools across the country release their students and the summer season ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has bounced ...

Louisiana’s whooping cough outbreak is now the worst in 35 years, after cases dramatically outpaced the previous record high over the summer and hospitalizations continued to rise among young infants.

Flocks of sandhill cranes, and the world’s only flock of wild whooping cranes, will be settling in the Lone Star State for ...

BELLINGHAM – Just four months into 2025, Washington had recorded more cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, than it had in all but three full years since 1960. But as alarming as that ...

Amidst the measles crisis, health experts are raising alarms about a significant surge in whooping cough cases across the ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WKOW) -- The International Crane Foundation has announced the death of an endangered whooping crane, Ducky. Ducky died earlier in September due to bird flu. “We are deeply saddened by ...

This file photo shows an empty bottle of Tetanus, Diphthera and Pertussis, (whooping cough) vaccine. Washington state has seen its pertussis surge from 2024 carry over into the early months of 2025.