State Officials Confirm 5 Cases of ‘Highly Contagious Respiratory Infection’

Health officials confirmed five cases of whooping cough among members of a family that resulted in at least one hospitalization in Hawaii. “The family had traveled from the United States mainland and stayed at a hotel accommodation on Oahu,” the Hawaii Department of Health said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that officials have “identified no close contacts after the family’s arrival in Hawaii.” It’s not clear when the family arrived in Oahu, and it’s not clear if they were contagious on an airline. The department said that each case of whooping cough, known as pertussis, impacted individuals who were not vaccinated. It’s now working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is going to “notify travelers who were exposed” but warned it’s a “highly contagious respiratory infection.”...