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 ...
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 ...
Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella Pertussis, according ...
PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) — A new case of whooping cough has been confirmed in West Virginia. Confirmed by the Wetzel-Tyler Health Department, this case is another in a strand that has been making its way ...
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.
Whooping cough is on the rise in the Inland Empire, where Riverside and San Bernardino county officials say numbers are up from previous years. Whooping cough cases have tripled in San Bernardino ...
The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health urges residents to take preventive measures to protect themselves ...
CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HAYWOOD COUNTY, WHERE ANOTHER CASE OF PERTUSSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN REPORTED. THAT’S UP FROM FIVE CASES REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, SIX REPORTED ...
The Arizona Department of Health Services attributes one death in the state to whooping cough in 2025, a 19-month-old ...