This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP)AP
GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The Flint area isn’t immune from a big increase in whooping cough cases across the country.
The Genesee County Health Department reported cases of the bacterial infection -- also known as pertussis -- reached 31 as of Monday, Oct. 21, after no cases had been reported in all of 2023.
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