Pertussis

According to a state database, more than 1,400 cases of pertussis were reported in 2025. It's a five-year high for the state. Pediatricians attribute the rise in cases to vaccine hesitancy and waning immunity.

More than twice as many people have been diagnosed with whooping cough in Hillsborough County so far this year than in all of last year, according to the…

More than two dozen cases of whooping cough have cropped up in Hillsborough County.Hillsborough County Health officials say an entire family came down…