Concerns about kids as whooping cough cases rise in Lubbock along with vaccine hesitancy

Concerns about kids as whooping cough cases rise in Lubbock along with vaccine hesitancy

Pertussis or whooping cough cases in Lubbock remain high according to Katherine Wells, public health director for Lubbock – part of a trend that hit its peak in 2024. It is, she said, “a fairly miserable disease to get.” “You’re coughing so much that you either vomit or can’t breathe,” Wells said. Credit: CDC website “Pertussis is the technical disease name and then ‘whooping cough’ is what people refer to it because of this characteristic whoop…