It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

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

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

Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health ...

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.

Kittle said whooping cough is a common disease in the state and country. "Pertussis cases can occur year-round," Kittle said. According to the American Lung Association , the illness is typically ...

The whooping cough was once suppressed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, ... according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tennessee Department of Health.

Whooping cough cases dipped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could have led to “a build-up of susceptibility in the population,” Blumberg said, causing the disease to skyrocket ...

Whooping cough takes such a toll on a little baby's body. Everything that that disease does to your internal organs, overworking them to where your body starts shutting down, it's too much for ...

Rates of whooping cough dipped across the United States during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend also seen with other infectious diseases like the flu.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is now spreading at a rate the U.S. hasn’t seen since vaccines were introduced in 1948. ProPublica reports more than 7,000 cases across the country so far this year.

Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...