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

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

Spokane Regional Health District reports that a child under the age of 5 died in November and the CDC confirmed the cause of death was pertussis.

The case was reported at Demmitt Elementary School, which is part of Vandalia-Butler City Schools. The district said it ...

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 ...

Poland recorded over 2,600 cases of whooping cough and more than 16,000 infections with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in ...

Sheridan County Public Health has reported an increase in pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, across Wyoming and Sheridan County. This illness poses a significant risk, ...

Condition affects about 16m people per year, and accounts for about 160,700 deaths in children younger than five ...

The Montgomery County Office of Public Health has identified a case of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, at Bridle Path Elementary School, according to a message to the community by the North ...

Tairāwhiti has recorded 13 cases of whooping cough and one baby has been hospitalised since a national epidemic was declared ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Rutherford County School (RCS) system alerted parents of one of its high schools to a ...

The New Zealand government is donating 6000 doses of the Boostrix vaccine to Samoa to combat whooping cough, the Samoa ...