Washington state officials warned of a "sharp increase" in whooping cough cases compared to this time last year, mirroring a ...

Washington state is experiencing a spike in whooping cough cases with nearly 1,200 reported cases so far this year, that's up ...

Health officials in Washington state are alerting residents to a sharp rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. (Scripps News) ...

This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...

Mid-October saw the highest case count in Washington so far this year, as the state has seen the sixth-most pertussis cases ...

More than 30 counties across Washington are impacted by this ... “It is very concerning because this is a resurgence of ...

Clark County is experiencing an alarming spike in whooping cough and chickenpox cases among children — outbreaks that health ...

Though rates of the illness had been low since the onset of the pandemic, the number of reported cases this year — almost 20,000 — is similar to pre-pandemic levels.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents to a significant rise in pertussis cases, also known as ...

Washington is not alone in its sharp rise of the highly contagious bacterial infection this year. It's been an unusually bad year for whooping cough in the United States, which has counted more than ...

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a preventable disease, yet it still kills more than 150,000 children under five every year - most of them in low- and middle-income countries.