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Last year, following an outbreak the state had not seen in years, Kentucky ultimately reported 543 cases of whopping cough.

Whooping cough presents as the common cold initially, the according to the CDC, so watching for signs is important. If it's whooping cough, symptoms tend to play out in three stages.

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“Whooping cough vaccines work but aren’t perfect,” the CDC said. People who have received the vaccine and still contract whooping cough, tend to have milder cases, the public health agency said.

“Whooping cough vaccines work but aren’t perfect,” the CDC said. People who have received the vaccine and still contract whooping cough, tend to have milder cases, the public health agency said.

That’s twice as many cases as this time last year, based on the CDC’s final tally. Rates of whooping cough, or pertussis, soared last year, which experts said wasn’t unexpected.

Additionally, only 92.3% of kindergarteners were vaccinated against whooping cough in the 2023-24 school year, compared to about 95% before the COVID-19 pandemic began, CDC data shows.