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Jessica Luton
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Journalist. Health and science. Narrative and data and context. | Lover of art and music. All around nerd. | Athens, Ga. is home. Go dawgs.
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Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.

Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.

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Text: Amid a measles outbreak, whooping cough cases have soared as vaccine rates decline. Graph: Bar chart with year on the x-axis (2014-2024) and number of whooping cough cases on the y-axis (0 through 30,000). The chart shows that cases of pertussis were over 30,000 in 2014, but remained at or below 20,000 from 2015 through 2023. In 2020 and 2021, cases dropped to a record low (below 10,000) because most schools closed due to COVID-19. But in 2024, cases shot back up to 35,435.
April 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Please read:
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins
www.scientificamerican.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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👀 What’s this all about?
February 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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We all know what we saw. www.readtpa.com/p/news-organ...
News Organizations Are Tiptoeing Around What We All Saw
How fear of litigation shapes coverage of influential figures
www.readtpa.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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📌 this one! It is spot on!
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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Carl Sagan nailed it back in 1995.
November 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM