Update:On Friday, officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, confirmed an additional case of whooping cough.Sign up for our NewslettersOfficials said there were now six confirmed cases in children ...

Whooping cough cases jumped from 110 in 2023 to 2,000 in 2024. Experts urged parents at a roundtable Wednesday to keep their ...

Several cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in Haywood County, health officials confirmed Wednesday.Haywood County ...

Fortunately, whooping cough is preventable by a series of vaccines that many people receive as an infant called DTaP - which stands for Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis.

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Five cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in children and teenagers under 19 in Haywood County so far this year, according to Haywood County Health and Human Services. Two of the five have been ...

Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, according to a ProPublica report, and cases skyrocketed by 1,500% nationwide since a 2021 low point ...

Whooping cough is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis, which had plummeted to record lows during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to more people at the time wearing masks and staying home ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Whooping cough cases have more than doubled so far in 2024, raising concerns for infants and older adults, the two groups at highest risk. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

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.