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Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee ...

Just four months into 2025, Washington had already recorded more cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, than it had in all but three full years since 1960. But as alarming as that ...

Hospitalizations from whooping cough are most common for infants younger ... old who get pertussis have about a 33% chance of needing treatment in a hospital, Sundareshan said, and hospitalization ...

As of early May, Illinois has already reported more whooping cough cases than the state typically ... pertussis have about a 33% chance of needing treatment in a hospital, Sundareshan said ...

The number of cases of whooping cough increased dramatically last year ... cycles or gaps in reduced vaccinations. “Decreased natural boosting in the overall population during the COVID-19 ...

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