Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.

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