When the immunization rates go down and you have a lot of unprotected people in the communities, usually the first ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Across the state of Washington, whooping cough cases dramatically increased from 2023 to 2024. In 2025, cases are already more than half of last year's total.

OLYMPIA 6/13/2025 – Washington state experienced a dramatic surge in whooping cough cases in 2024, with 2,261 confirmed and probable cases reported – a staggering 25-fold increase from 87 ...

The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering” and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children. Similar ...

Whooping cough cases persist in Oregon, Washington. Posted: June 13, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Washington health officials say they saw a dramatic surge, and in Oregon, a majority of ...

Waning immunization rates mean Arizona schoolchildren are more vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases such as whooping cough and measles ...

I have a dry cough that’s been going on for about 13 to 14 years. I’m a healthy 62-year-old and read that it is called “cough variant asthma.” I would like to know more about this but can ...

They are the first whooping cough-related deaths since 2018, health officials said. Two young infants have died of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, in Kentucky within the last six months.