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Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge?

  • Written by Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney
Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge?LSO Photo/Getty Images

Australia is battling its biggest rise in whooping cough cases in 35 years.

During 2024 and 2025 Australia recorded 82,513 whooping cough cases – the highest number since monitoring began in 1991.

Also known as pertussis or the “100-day cough”, whooping cough is a potentially fatal respiratory illness which...

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