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2012: Worst Year For Whooping Cough In Six Decades

by KREX News Room

Story Created: Jan 4, 2013 at 8:41 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 4, 2013 at 10:00 PM MDT

UNDATED (AP)- Health officials say 2012 was the nation's worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades.

About 42,000 cases were reported last year, the most since 1955. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still gathering information and the number could rise to as much as 50,000.

Whooping cough tends to run in multi-year cycles and experts say last year, appears to have been a peak.

Last year, cases were up in 48 states and outbreaks were very bad in Colorado, Minnesota, Washington state, Wisconsin and Vermont.

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Anonymous said on Sunday, Jan 6 at 8:57 AM

But what they don't tell you is most of these kids getting whopping cough were already vaccinated.

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