Nationwide, CDC has reported that kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high. Thursday, it released state figures, showing that about 86% of kindergartners in Wisconsin got the whooping cough vaccine, compared to more than 92% nationally.

Whooping cough or pertussis numbers across the United States are at the highest level in the last ten years, according to the CDC. More than 18,506 cases have been reported so far - most at this point in the year since 2014.

MILWAUKEE — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year ... vaccination rates dipped last year and vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high. Thursday, it released state figures, showing that about 86% of kindergartners ...