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Health
Emily Verdouw

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

A two-month-old baby has died after contracting whooping cough. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

An unprecedented whooping cough epidemic is spreading throughout Australia, alarming health authorities who are grappling to contain soaring infection rates following the death of a two-month-old baby.

There were nearly 42,000 cases of the highly-infectious disease recorded in 2024 up to November 8, according to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

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