Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year as vaccination rates have fallen. New data from the United States has mirrored the situation in the UK where ...

Cases of whooping cough are climbing across the country this year, with about 6,600 already documented — nearly four times the number at the same point last year. In 2024, there were more than 35,000 ...

like measles and whooping cough, could be indicative of changing attitudes toward vaccines. U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates fell last year, and the number of children with vaccine exemptions ...

Rates of whooping cough, or pertussis, soared last year, which experts said wasn't unexpected. The number of cases fell during COVID-19 because of masking and social distancing. Plus, experts ...

But experts say the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses, like measles and whooping cough, could be indicative of changing attitudes toward vaccines. U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates fell ...

"Within the school there are currently a total of 23 confirmed and probable cases of whooping cough. "In addition, a number of children have early symptoms which are suggestive of the disease." ...

The proteins of whooping cough are evolving extraordinarily fast to overcome the ... In the Journal of Infectious Diseases, UK researchers stated that, "It may have serious consequences in future ...