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Two Kentucky infants died from whooping cough in the past six months, the first such deaths since 2018.

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.

Two Kentucky infants have died of pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — within the past six months, marking the first deaths from the illness since 2018.

According to a June 6 Cabinet for Health and Family Services news release, neither the mothers nor the babies had received the recommended vaccinations to prevent the illness.

Health officials announced in July 2024 that whooping cough cases had begun increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in more than a dec

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