Medically reviewed by Wendy L. Hunter, M.D. Recognizing different types of coughs your baby can have can help you decide when to consult a health care provider or call emergency services. Common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nashville doctors are growing increasingly concerned as pertussis, or whooping cough, surges nationwide, with recent infant deaths ...

Understanding Your Baby's Cough How to Address Your Baby's Cough: Coughing and colds are prevalent among young children, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A third infant has died of pertussis in Kentucky, according to health officials. This is the third Kentucky infant to die of pertussis in the past 12 months, the Kentucky Department ...

A baby whose mother had not been vaccinated against whooping cough has died after contracting the infection, health officials have confirmed. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly ...

Whooping cough is on the rise nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In mid-October, the CDC reported more than 18,500 cases nationwide of pertussis, commonly called ...

An infant under two months old has died from pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in Mississippi. Pertussis cases in the state have sharply increased, with 115 cases reported in 2025 compared to ...

The headlines are startling and brought me back to my darkest days. Cases of whooping cough are off the charts in Connecticut—up to 10 times as many cases right now than we saw in all of 2023. This is ...

An infant has died of whooping cough in King County, the first infant death from the disease this year in Washington. The newborn died December 13 but King County officials are not releasing other ...

A third infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky this year, marking the latest victim in what health officials are calling the worst outbreak since 2012. The unvaccinated baby's death comes as ...