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

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

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported in the first half of this year, the highest in a decade, while five cases ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Whooping cough cases rose from 292 in 2023 to 48,048 last year, a 164-fold increase, with scarlet fever cases also growing more than eightfold from 815 to 6,642.

It is most dangerous for people ages 1 and younger. Vaccination remains the most effective protection from whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control recommends vaccines for people of all ages.

In 2024, Grant County saw around 67 cases and Adams County saw 13, according to preliminary data from the Washington State Pertussis Summary. The Centers for Disease Control is reporting a similar ...

The grief of a mother whose child died of whooping cough drives her to urge parents to get their kids vaccinated. Such ...