While vaccinations are high for Oklahoma, the state still sees high numbers, while the state health department looks for ways ...

Although in the post-Covid-19 era, pertussis incidences soared spectacularly, pertussis cases were already on the rise before ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in US, and Oklahoma is no exception. Also referred to as pertussis, it's affected 71 Oklahomans ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department on Thursday announced that cases of whooping cough ...

The Mobile County Health Department has seen an increase in whooping cough cases this month especially in schools. Pertussis, ...

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood ...

Young infants are at more risk because they don't get the first of six doses of the vaccine until they are two months old. So, before that, they are unprotected and more likely to die from whooping ...

That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since a 2017 surge of the illness, which is also known as pertussis. Over the last month, pertussis infections have been rising again.

The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) confirmed on Wednesday that a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and said that the death is the first caused by pertussis (whooping cough ...

Another case of “whooping cough” this winter has been linked to Ellensburg High School. Officials with the Kittitas County Public Health Department said a student at the school has tested positive for ...

Influenza B cases in Oklahoma began rising the week ending Nov. 30, 2024, then spiraled upward on a steep curve until it peaked the week ending Jan. 1 with 5,594 cases. Only then did it began falling, ...