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Child vaccination rates partly to blame for record whooping cough rates Whooping Cough cases across the country have surged to the highest level since records began more than 30 years ago.

Pertussis, also called whooping cough or the 100-day cough, is a respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which spreads through droplets when infected people cough and sneeze.