THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH HAS REPORTED AN INCREASE IN PERTUSSIS……WHOOPING COUGH…….CASES IN RECENT WEEKS…..WITH
566 REPORTED IN 93 COUNTIES SO FAR IN 20-25…..MARKING THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE 20-12…..
PERTUSSIS IS A BACTERIAL ILLNESS THAT CAUSES SEVERE COUGHING SPELLS THAT CAN LAST FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS…..
WHILE THE EARLIEST SYMPTOMS OF PERTUSSIS MAY RESEMBLE THOSE OF A COMMON COLD…..THE DISEASE CAN BECOME LIFE-THREATENING……PARTICULARLY
FOR INFANTS…….
