Desiree Rentz, 31, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and misrepresentation of a childcare license resulting ...

Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – ...

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

Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby. But when Callie turned a month old, she began to cough, after catching whooping cough.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Two infants in the state of Kentucky have died in the last six months from pertussis, an illness more commonly known as whooping cough. The Kentucky Department for Public Health ...

Your baby will likely cough quite a bit in their first year of life—and for good reason. Coughs are the body's way of protecting itself. Your baby's cough works to keep their airways clear and ...

Roughly 540 cases of whooping cough reported in Kentucky in 2024, the highest number of cases in the commonwealth since 2012. Nearly 250 cases have been reported so far in Kentucky in 2025.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two young infants have died of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, in Kentucky within the last six months. Kentucky health officials said the children are the first ...

The affected products were distributed nationwide between 12/14/2022 and 06/04/2025, and the affected lots are: Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup, UPC 7-56184-10737-9 ...

There have been more than 10,000 whooping cough cases in the United States so far this year, an unusually high number even by prepandemic standards, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a vaccine expert at ...

A persistent low-grade fever isn’t usually cause for concern. It will typically go away on its own but may be serious for people like infants and those with immune conditions.