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 ...

Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has claimed the life of another infant in the state, marking the third such ...

As whooping cough cases in Kentucky continue to rise, the state’s Department for Public Health is reporting a third pertussis ...

Kentucky is experiencing a surge in whooping cough, with state officials confirming 566 cases so far this season — the most ...

Whooping cough (or pertussis) cases are on the rise, causing concerns of a resurgence of the highly contagious disease.

An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials said Monday. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against ...

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

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is being seen more across the U.S. due in ...

Another Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough, bringing the total to three infant deaths from the disease in the past ...

A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.

The resurgence of whooping cough has no single cause. Instead, several problems are occurring at once: falling vaccine coverage, only about 60% of pregnant women receiving Tdap, waning immunity, ...

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