whooping cough

FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough.

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak is now its worst in 35 years

Rosemary Westwood

So far this year, Louisiana recorded 368 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, as of August 23, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Louisiana whooping cough cases continue to surge, 70% of patients are babies

Rosemary Westwood

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak continues to surge, and it’s doing the most harm to children under the age of 1.

Louisiana’s Surgeon General said two infants have died in a whooping cough outbreak and vaccines are the best way to protect against infections, especially for babies.

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Louisiana Surgeon General shares vaccine info after 2 babies die from whooping cough

Rosemary Westwood

Louisiana’s Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham confirmed Thursday that two infants have died in the last six months amid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state, and said vaccines are the best way to protect against infections.