AUSTIN, Texas — At least six cases of whooping cough have been confirmed at an Austin middle school since August. This comes as the local public health authority reports it's seeing an uptick in overall cases compared to last year.

Austin Public Health (APH) said the positive cases were reported at Lamar Middle School, located on Wynona Avenue. The ages and grade levels of the patients have not been released.

Lamar parents told KVUE the school let them know about the outbreak, but parent Leslie Santacruz said she's not that concerned. "I'm not scared that my child is going to get it because she's fully vaccinated and is on a regular schedule, but I feel like after COVID we all have PTSD," Santacruz said.

APH said through September, Austin-Travis County has seen 115 cases of whopping cou

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