Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles and drastically reduced the ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

You can explore and learn the history behind one of Portland’s oldest cemeteries. Western Cemetery dates back to the 1830s.

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

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.

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 ...

Whooping cough cases are surging in California with rates returning to pre-pandemic levels, medical experts said. As of April 26, a total of 590 Californians had contracted the highly contagious ...

Kathryn Alcaide with her son Brady, who died of whooping cough. courtesy Kathryn Alcaide. When I was pregnant with Brady, we knew he was a larger baby — a little brute.

Texas has reported 1,064 cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, as of April 15 this year, according to preliminary data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

It’s not just measles making a fierce comeback in 2025. Another disease that’s especially dangerous to young children, known as pertussis or whooping cough, is spreading nearly twice as… ...