Kids recovering from whooping cough at Miami Valley high school

HUBER HEIGHTS — Just weeks into the new school year, there are confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Miami Valley.

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As reported Thursday on News Center 7 Daybreak, two students are confirmed to have gotten whooping cough at Wayne High School in Huber Heights.

There were 600 cases in Ohio last year.

Dan Suffoleto from Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County told News Center 7 that they have seen 81 cases this year and that healthy habits make a difference.

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You can try to practice hygiene as best you can in terms of washing your hands frequently with soap and water. Try to avoid sick people if you can to the extent you can,” he said.

Symptoms include a violent cough, fever, and a runny nose.

Those are also common with seasonal allergies.

“They don’t seem really sick, but they have the sniffles and they’re coughing and you don’t know what it is. That’s where you’re in a situation where you don’t know what it is. So you want to get that diagnosed,” said Suffoleto.

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