Whooping cough cases on the rise in Midwest

November 21, 2008 By Jennifer L. Boen

An underreported, often misdiagnosed disease that people think affects only young children is drawing concern from national health officials and has recently struck hospital workers, closed schools in the Midwest and kept multiple health departments busy sending out alerts.

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