CDC: Whooping Cough Cases Up 6X Over Last Year

December 24, 2024 Medicine, Science

Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have reached the highest annual total in a decade, according to data from the CDC. As of mid-September, about 14,500 cases had been recorded nationwide since the beginning of the year.

That number climbed to more than 32,000 as of Dec. 14, meaning as many cases have been tallied in the last 12 weeks as in the entire rest of the year.

For comparison, more than 5,100 cases were recorded from the same time in 2023, and the total number of cases in 2022 was roughly 3,000.

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