Australia’s whooping cough surge is not over – and it doesn’t just affect babies
- Written by Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
Tomsickova Tatyana/ShutterstockWhooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – are higher than usual epidemics.
Vaccines for this highly infectious respiratory infection have been...
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