MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is seeing the highest number of whooping cough cases in eight years. The state health department

ST. PAUL—Whooping cough in Minnesota has hit an eight-year high. Department of Health Senior Epidemiologist Victor Cruz says the number is way up from the 61 cases last year. He says there have been 1,019 cases in Minnesota as of the last count.

Minnesota is seeing a notable increase in whooping cough, leading to heightened hospital alerts. The most recent data shows that there have been 826 reported cases of whooping cough, the highest number in years.

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) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year,

There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That’s the most at this point in the year since 2014, when cases topped

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States is seeing a decade high in whooping cough cases, with more than 17,500 cases nationwide.

Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.