<p>“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline<br>—</p><p>While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
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<p>"This year, there have been at least 7,599 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, up from 3,473 cases at this time last year, according to the latest tally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...</p><p>Nationwide, there were 35,435 cases of whooping cough in 2024, compared with 7,063 in 2023, according to a provisional surveillance report from the CDC."</p><p>~ Emily Mullin</p><p><a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#measles</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vaccination/" rel="tag">#vaccination</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/story/measles-ca</span><span class="invisible">ses-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/</span></a></p>
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<p>Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.</p><p>Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
