14,569 cases of whooping cough have been reported in total for 2024 so far — four times higher than the agency's reported totals from this time last year. Whooping cough can last for weeks to months, with symptoms normally appearing about a week after first being exposed to a contagious person with the infection.

After years of being relatively quiet, whooping cough is back with a vengeance. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a very contagious disease. “This disease is only found in humans and what happens is that the bacteria,