MANITOWOC – Both measles and whooping cough cases have spiked dramatically throughout the U.S. — and Wisconsin has confirmed cases of both of these highly contagious diseases. As kids head back to ...

People are more susceptible to respiratory viruses, including whooping cough, during the fall and winter, state health ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been on the rise in Texas, prompting physicians to urge parents to get their children vaccinated, according to East Texas Matters. “The cough is exhausting, but in ...

It’s a good time to make sure you and your family are up to date on recommended vaccinations. Michigan is experiencing its first measles outbreak since 2019, with eight measles cases confirmed across ...

California’s worst episode of whooping cough, or pertussis, in 2010, likely spread among unvaccinated children to infect 9,210 youngsters. At first, the outbreak was blamed on waning immunity to the ...

CLYDE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Haywood County Health and Human Services said multiple cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have recently been confirmed. The five cases were confirmed in children and ...

A Pasadena resident has tested positive for whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness that can be lethal in infants, after visiting the Kidspace Children’s Museum last week, authorities ...

A woman turned to Reddit after learning her close friend kept quiet about a contagious illness that left her severely ill and ...

Two infants have died of whooping cough in Louisiana in the past six months, according to the surgeon general of the state’s health department. The deaths from this vaccine-preventable illness are the ...

Parents' refusal of the pertussis shot may place kids in serious jeopardy. May 26, 2009— -- Children of parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough are 23 times ...

Low vaccination rates, particularly for the MMR and DTaP vaccines, are contributing to the outbreaks. Wisconsin's childhood vaccination rates are among the lowest in the U.S., well below the CDC's ...