4 days Ago By Jack Phillips
A case of whooping cough resulted in the cancellation of a college football game between South Dakota and Portland State on Saturday, officials said. It was unclear if a Portland State player or other staff member had pertussis. The team said that no players on the Portland State team are “seriously ill at this time.
” South Dakota and Portland State were set to meet for the first time on Saturday at Hillsboro Stadium, while Portland State is set to visit Boise State next weekend. In a statement, Boise State said the team is monitoring the situation. “Our utmost priority and concern are for the health and safety of everyone involved,” the team said in the statement.
“Those who get these coughing fits say it’s the worst cough of their lives,” the CDC says on its website, noting that the coughing can cause people to vomit. Other than coughing, it can cause a low-grade fever, difficulty sleeping, breathing problems, and rib fractures. The illness was considered common in the 19th and early 20th century, although officials say that it has been controlled by childhood vaccination.
The CDC says that cases of pertussis have increased so far in 2024. In the August statement, the CDC did not provide data on how many whooping cough cases have been reported so far in the United States this year. But it noted that in the 1980s, reports of pertussis started “increasing gradually” and led to a peak of 48,277 reported cases.
Cases have been elevated since 2012 until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, it added..
