Officials Around China Sound Alarm About Whooping Cough

What’s new: Health authorities in some parts of China have told residents to take precautions against whooping cough after cases of the highly contagious disease exceeded pre-pandemic levels last year.

A total of 38,205 cases were reported in 2023, up from the 30,027 cases reported in 2019, the most recent peak before the start of the Covid pandemic, according to national and local disease control centers.