Dec. 6, 2024 – Whooping cough is making a dangerous comeback across the U.S., with cases soaring to 4.5 times more this year than last, according to the CDC. For parents of newborns, this highly ...

When a baby breathes in, the floppy tissue folds inwards, causing noisy breathing known as a 'stridor'. Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of noisy breathing in infants.

She warned that infants may suffer from pneumonia, convulsions, or encephalopathy, a brain disease. She said approximately one in 100 babies with whooping cough will die from complications.

Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations. Kentucky has seen a rise in whooping cough cases, with 247 reported so far in 2025, following 543 cases in 2024.