Not Just #Measles: #WhoopingCough Cases Are #Soaring as #Vaccine Rates Decline. "While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak concentrated in small, dusty towns of West #Texas, cases of #pertussis have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since hitting a recent low in 2021 amid the #COVID19 #pandemic. #Deaths tied to #disease are also up, hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years. Cases are on track to exceed that total this year."