The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.

Health officials in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii said they'll continue recommending routine childhood vaccines after the CDC scaled back guidance without new scientific evidence.

Whooping cough cases are on the rise in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending April 12, at least 8,064 whooping cough cases have been recorded nationwide. This is more than double the ...

Although cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, are soaring nationwide, Wisconsin seems to be sidestepping another outbreak this winter.

Cases of whooping cough are on the rise in the US — and so are deaths, with most of 2025’s fatalities being children and infants. According to CDC data, there were 27,871 reported cases of pertussis,

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has pared back its recommended childhood vaccines from shots against 17 diseases

The split in vaccine guidance for children comes as Illinois has moved into “very high” levels of the flu, with at least one child dying from the virus so far this season. The flu vaccine is among those the federal government is no longer broadly recommending for children.

The US has sharply scaled back federal vaccine recommendations, no longer urging routine childhood shots for several preventable diseases nationwide. Under the new guidance, protections against flu, hepatitis,