KY: 2023 Whooping Cough

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Whooping cough cases pop up in Lexington. These are the symptoms, plus vaccine information
Aaron Mudd
Mon, July 31, 2023 at 10:48 a.m. EDT·4 min read

Though public schools in Fayette County won’t start back until Aug. 16, the health department reports whooping cough is already spreading in Lexington.

Kevin Hall, spokesman for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, told the Herald-Leader Thursday the agency has detected a handful of cases...

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Whooping cough cases on the rise in Kentucky
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern 10 hrs ago

FRANKFORT – Kentucky is seeing an uptick in cases of pertussis, more commonly called whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness.

As of Sept. 13, there were 56 cases confirmed to the Kentucky Department of Public Health, a spokeswoman said, though other cases are being investigated.

That total is up from 2022, during which there were 35 cases. There were 65 cases in 2020, though. The last “major peak” of whooping cough in Kentucky was in 2016 and 2017, a spokeswoman said, when there were 463 and 449 cases.

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services said in a recent newsletter: “Recent cases have occurred primarily in central Kentucky but cases are being seen throughout the Commonwealth.”...