Practice Management
This month, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 80 pertussis cases for the year so far—well surpassing its total of 49 cases reported in all of 2024. Ten patients have been hospitalized, including 7 children under the age of 2, although no deaths have been recorded through July 10, 2025. Children under 18 account for 76% of Mississippi’s cases, including 7 infants younger than 2 months. At least 28 of the individuals who …
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Michigan’s state health department reported more than 1,500 pertussis infections as of December 8, 2024—the highest number of cases in 10 years, according to Mlive. By comparison, the state saw a 596-case average from 2017 through 2019. And Michigan isn’t alone. The Massachusetts department of public health also reported a 5-fold increase in the number of confirmed cases of pertussis with 754 cases on the books through the end of November, compared to 115 in …
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Alaska’s state health department confirmed that an infant has died from pertussis amid the ongoing epidemic in Alaska, which has been observed mostly in south central regions of the state. Infants are at the highest risk for severe disease, and 12% of cases have been reported in infants. Of those infants, 45% have been hospitalized. In all, 70% of cases are among children under the age of 15 years old. As of September 6, 2024, …
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Health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported elevated pertussis activity across multiple states, after months of warning Americans that pertussis—or whooping cough—was on pace to return pre-pandemic levels. Weekly reported cases are accelerating to the highest levels seen in the United States for years. For the month of July alone 2,410 cases were reported, bringing the total case count to 10,257 since January. This is 3.6 times higher than …
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