Cassidy calls on RFK Jr. to publicly support whooping cough vaccine amid outbreak

Cassidy asks Kennedy to promote vaccines targeting whooping cough

BATON ROUGE, La. — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Senator Calls for RFK. Jr. to Back Whooping Cough Vaccines

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to urge vaccination against whooping cough, as a nationwide outbreak is on track to hit a record.

Cassidy calls on RFK Jr. to publicly support whooping cough vaccine amid outbreak

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly support the whooping cough vaccine as Louisiana experiences one of the worst outbreaks in recent history. In 2024, six times the number of whooping cough