Cases of whooping cough across N.C. more than double compared to this time last year
School-aged children and infants have made up the most cases in 2025, according to NCDHHS, and 49 percent of the people diagnosed are up to date on their pertussis vaccination.
What's going on with whooping cough across NC and the US?
Cases of whooping cough across North Carolina have more than doubled compared to this time in 2024. Dr. Dan Park is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of North Carolina ...