Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011. The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) announced, via a news release Wednesday ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Whooping cough cases are rising across the country and in Colorado, with a nearly 270% increase in Colorado between 2023 and 2024, according to provisional Centers for Disease ...

The district said it followed public health guidelines to notify students, staff, and families that they may have been exposed to pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough. That notification ...

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in more than a decade. The Spokane Regional Health District on Wednesday ...

Flathead County has seen a spike in pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in recent months. The county recorded 21 cases of pertussis, a respiratory disease that poses a danger to infants ...

The number of whooping cough cases in Florida soared in 2024. From Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024, the Florida Department of Health reported 715 cases of pertussis – an eight-fold increase over ...

News Center 7′s Amber Jenkins is working to learn more and will have the latest tonight on News Center 7 at 6:00. The case was reported at Demmitt Elementary School, which is part of Vandalia ...

Whooping cough can be very serious in some infants, but typically they start to recover after two to four weeks. Older children and adults with whooping cough may have milder symptoms.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011. According to the Spokane Regional Health ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- 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 ...

Still, Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has now been added to the list of diseases for which precautions should be taken this winter. According to state health officials ...