・・・ Infant girl with Whooping cough Whooping cough (pertussis): is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection. In many people, it's marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath that sounds like "whoop." Before the vaccine was developed, whooping cough was considered a childhood disease. Now whooping cough primarily affects children too young to have completed the full course of vaccinations and teenagers and adults whose immunity has faded. Deaths associated

Shocking new data shows Australia has recorded its highest rate of whooping cough in 35 years. #whoopingcough | 7NEWS Sydney