Parents are being prevented from vaccinating their children because of obstacles such as difficulty booking appointments and ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

You can explore and learn the history behind one of Portland’s oldest cemeteries. Western Cemetery dates back to the 1830s. According to the Stewards of Western Cemetery, half of the documented ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, ...

Whooping cough cases in Washington state increased sharply, with 2,261 cases in 2024 compared to 87 in 2023, coinciding with a decline in vaccination rates among young children from 73% in 2019 to ...

Washington state reported 27 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serves as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide.

This year alone, we have had pediatric deaths from measles and whooping cough, not to mention over 200 deaths from influenza. Those numbers will only escalate in the future.

Washington’s whooping cough cases The DOH Annual Pertussis Update shows confirmed and probable whooping cough cases reached 2,261 in 2024, a 25-fold increase from 87 cases recorded in 2023.

A drop in vaccination rates statewide coincided with a steep increase in whooping cough cases, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The DOH Annual Pertussis Update shows ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Health officials in Washington and Oregon are warning the public about a sharp rise in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and urging people to stay current on their ...

According to the state’s recent annual summary on whooping cough, or pertussis, there were 2,261 confirmed and probable cases in Washington in 2024. There were 87 cases in 2023.