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Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves?

  • Written by Laurence Don Wai Luu, Lecturer and Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves?Lopolo/Shutterstock

Australia is facing a whooping cough outbreak. Some 2,799 cases were recorded in the first three months of 2024. Cases are highest in Queensland and New South Wales, with more than 1,000 recorded in each state.

The last time Queensland recorded more than 1,000 cases in three months was the first quarter of 2013. This was at the...

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