A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.

Washington saw a high number of whooping cough cases in 2024, with more than 2,000 reported, according to the state Department of Health.

SRHD says a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and the CDC confirmed that pertussis was the cause of death.

The first whooping cough death in Washington since 2011 has been confirmed in Spokane County last week. According to Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), a child under the age of 5 died in ...

Because newborns do not have a fully developed immune system, people spending time around them including parents, siblings, ...

New year-end data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show cases of pertussis – commonly known as whooping cough – in the state of Washington jumped more than 2,200%.

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In 2024, the five states with the highest number of whooping cough cases were Pennsylvania with 2,889, New York with 2,704, Wisconsin with 2,647, Illinois with 2,304 and Washington with 2,029.

A student receives a vaccine against whooping cough, also called Tdap. The Washington state Department of Health says that there were 2,040 cases of suspected or confirmed whooping cough reported ...

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