Florida Whooping Cough Cases Surge In First Five Months Of 2025

FLORIDA - A dangerous respiratory illness once thought to be under control is making a comeback in the U.S., and health authorities are urging the public to take notice. As of late April 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has …

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double what they were for this same period last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC released numbers …

Whooping Cough Cases So Far This Year Exceed 10,000; Three Times Total Amount for 2024

The Yomiuri Shimbun The Japan Institute for Health Security, which was established in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, in April The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:46 JST, May 8, 2025 The total number of whooping cough patients this year has exceeded 10,000, the Japan Institute …

Louisiana whooping cough cases surge; pros and cons of the Angola Prison Rodeo

Louisiana is in the midst of a deadly and growing outbreak of whooping cough. So far, two babies have died, and pediatricians have been urging the public to check their vaccine status and get vaccinated. Public health reporter Rosemary Westwood speaks with …

My Son Died in My Arms from Whooping Cough. He Was 2 Months Old (Exclusive)

Kathryn Alcaide was thrilled when she got pregnant in 2011. She had two daughters, Madison, now 18, and Samara, now 21, from a previous relationship. But for her and her husband Jonathan, a new baby was exciting. “I really wanted a boy,” Alcaide tells …

2 whooping cough cases reported in Blaine County

The South Central Public Health District has reported two recent cases of highly contagious pertussis—commonly known as whooping cough—in Blaine County. Health District spokeswoman Amy Dillon stated in a Monday email that both cases have been “resolved.” …

Whooping cough cases still surging in Japan

Whooping cough cases are continuing to surge in Japan. The Japan Institute for Health Security says medical institutions across the country reported 2,176 cases in the week through April 27, up 292 from the previous week. The number of patients per week …

Rise in whooping cough cases

CDC: Whooping cough cases spreading twice as fast this year compared to last year

TAMPA, Fla. - With school almost out for the summer, kids may soon be headed to camp. Doctors are warning parents there's a rise in "whooping cough" cases, and some said vaccine hesitancy is partly why there are nearly double the number of …

Cases of whooping cough and COVID-19 increase

Hospital visits for COVID-19 last week increased by nearly 80 percent from the previous week, while the number of whooping cough cases reported so far this year reached 14, the most for the first four months in six years, the Centers for Disease Control ( …