Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011.

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

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in ...

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 ...

Multiple physicians in the House of Representatives openly spoke out against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for Health ...

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

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have vast powers over ...

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%.

A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements finds the candidate for the nation’s top health post has repeatedly ...