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The Conversation: Whooping cough cases on the rise; Local dance residency

By Catherine Cruz,
Maddie Bender
Published August 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM HST
FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File)
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FILE - This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on electron microscope imagery, depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough. (Meredith Newlove/CDC via AP, File)
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