Nearly half of this year's cases were among people who had never received a dose of whooping cough vaccines, Oregon officials said.

Oregon health officials are alarmed over the state's rising pertussis case count, which is expected to beat the state's record, Oregon Health Authority announced Thursday.

The number of pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in Oregon are on track to hit an all-time high by the end of the year, state officials said Thursday. The spike comes as vaccinations have dipped, falling off after the COVID-19 pandemic, the health officials say.

State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Goldberg's birthday episode also included the return of the Wind Machine of Chaos and her face on a giant wheel of cheese.

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Massachusetts health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Children and adolescents are primarily affected by those bacterial respiratory illnesses, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday as he urged clinicians and families to be on the lookout for potential symptoms.