I did find this from 2005....concerning Whooping Cough..
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/dec/14/local/me-cough14
I'm one of those who thought it had been eradicated since the vaccines are given routinely.
I must have missed that in 2005. That was pretty bad, wasn’t it? I remember about a year or so ago, everyone was getting colds and they all kept a cough for months and nothing would help it. It didn’t sound like whooping cough. A constant coughing can drive one crazy. Maybe this will pass quickly for your family. Get Well Soon now.