11/19/2025
Has your family gotten its whooping cough booster lately? Texas is seeing a surge of over 3,500 whooping cough cases, leading to a statewide health alert.
Diseases we used to fear, like smallpox, polio, measles, and more, have been largely tamed thanks to vaccines. Because of them, we’ve eradicated or dramatically reduced once-deadly illnesses. But vaccine-preventable spikes like this show we can’t let our guard down.
At Lirios Pediatrics, we’ve proudly given 11,000+ life-saving shots to protect uninsured kids — from TDAP boosters to childhood immunizations. Vaccines save lives. Let’s keep protecting our community.
See the link to the health alert here: https://www.kut.org/health/2025-11-17/austin-texas-whooping-cough-pertussis-cases-spike