SHREVEPORT, La. -- Concerns are mounting over whooping cough after two babies in Louisiana have died of whooping cough in the last six months. Before these deaths, there hadn't been a death from it in ...

At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe. The newborn was coughing so badly, her skin turned a sickly gray-blue color. Her face contorted as she tried to gulp air. “I think the ...

INCIDENT. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON WHOOPING COUGH CASES. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS PERTUSSIS, AMID CONCERNS OF RISING CASES. SO LDH CONFIRMS THE TWO WHOOPING COUGH CASES ...

Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella Pertussis, according ...

The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health urges residents to take preventive measures to protect themselves ...

In a response to the statewide whooping cough epidemic, the Highlands Community Center will offer pertussis vaccinations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Shots will be free for those who meet ...

Whooping cough is on the rise in the Inland Empire, where Riverside and San Bernardino county officials say numbers are up ...

DAVIS COUNTY, Iowa — Davis County Community Schools are closed Friday after the district confirmed a case of whooping cough at the elementary school. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a ...

Deaths linked with whooping cough are rare, but when they occur, most are in infants.

The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old ...

After a major 2024 outbreak, whooping cough cases have remained low in Wisconsin since spring 2025.