Doctors with the SFDPH say last year there was only one whooping cough case reported to them and this year there have already been 97. Here is the combination of factors likely behind the surge.

A whooping cough outbreak is currently making its way across the Inland Northwest, leaving many families worried about keeping the infection out of their homes.

State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia. Children and adolescents are primarily affected by those bacterial respiratory illnesses, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday as he urged clinicians and families to be on the lookout for potential symptoms.