The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is warning about an uptick in whooping cough cases across the state this year.

"People have coughed so hard they've actually broken ribs with pertussis. So, definitely that's not something that we like to see." said Dr. Huse.

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week.  There have been 14,569