It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

Four cases of measles were recently reported in the commonwealth, prompting health officials to discuss the importance of ...

These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the ...

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health reported an increase in pertussis infections for 2024. The state had 2,261 confirmed and probable cases reported last year, a 25-fold increase from the 87 ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

Whooping cough cases in Mississippi are on the rise, already surpassing the total number reported for all of last year, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.

The Hawaii Department of Health said cases of pertussis are on the rise in the state, and is urging residents to keep up with recommended vaccines. DOH said, as of May 15, there have been 108 ...

The case count in 2024 represented a huge increase in whooping cough compared to previous years — 2023 saw 7,063 cases in the U.S., and 2024’s count was also higher than pre-pandemic figures.

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 ...

Just four months into 2025, Washington had already 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 ...