Whooping Cough Cases Surging In US, CDC Data Show

Bloomberg (4/23, Nix, Subscription Publication) reports CDC data show “whooping cough cases have surged in the US since the beginning of the year, infecting Americans at a faster pace than any time since the mid-1950s as national vaccination rates decline and protection wanes.” Whooping cough “has sickened 8,077 people in the US through April 16. ... That’s more than double the same period a year ago, when the agency confirmed 3,847 cases, and rivals the 2012 outbreak that was the biggest in half a century.”