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PonyWang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise in the area. In Suffolk County, 108 cases of pertussis were reported or suspected in 2023. One hundred of those cases have been reported since Nov. 28, 2023, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County Department of Health Services told ABC News. Officials say there have been no known hospitalizations to date, and this outbreak has been mostly among vaccinated children and their ...