The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported record high number of whooping cough cases in 2024, and the HSE are urging pregnant women to get the vaccine. The bacterial infection, ...

A CONTAGIOUS illness has hit a “record high” in Ireland – with those most vulnerable being urged to take precautions.

This factsheet explains whooping cough (pertussis) to support nurses in identifying and managing the bacterial infection.

Missoula Public Health is alerting the community that pertussis (whooping cough) is circulating in Montana.Since December ...

Louisiana is seeing an alarming rise in whooping cough cases, with the state’s Department of Health reporting two infant ...

About a week or two after initial symptoms set in ... people make when they inhale after a coughing fit. Whooping cough is most serious to babies and children, especially those who haven't ...

What are the symptoms? The early symptoms of whooping ... hospitalized if they contract the illness. About 1% of babies who get whooping cough die, the CDC said. It is less serious for teens ...

Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) officials are concerned with the continued active, current spread of pertussis (whooping cough) across the state.

Casper, Wyo. - According to the Wyoming Department of Health, there have been 30 confirmed pertussis cases in Wyoming so far this year, which is a jump from a reported ...

Many of Georgia’s most deadly respiratory diseases have declined over the past few weeks, but others like whooping cough appear to still be broadly circulating.

School-aged children and infants have made up the most cases in 2025, according to NCDHHS, and 49 percent of the people diagnosed are up to date on their pertussis vaccination.