New data shows whooping cough cases are surging in both Oregon and Washington.Oregon has had 947 cases so far this year, ...

The Oregon Health Authority recorded 1,105 cases of pertussis in 2024, commonly known as whooping cough, with 44 outbreaks around the state. There were only 315 fewer cases in 2024 than in 1950 ...

Whooping cough is spreading again in Oregon, with 178 cases reported so far across nine counties. It’s a common bacterial illness that is mild in most people who have been vaccinated.

The warning from OHA comes as Oregon saw 44 whooping cough outbreaks in 2024. However, most of 2024’s cases were individual or household-related and were not related to an outbreak, OHA noted.

Oregon Health Authority reports that among 16 infant cases reported in Oregon to date in 2024, only one mother had a documented dose of Tdap during their pregnancy. Whooping cough spread and ...

Reported cases of pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — have seen a dramatic spike in Oregon in 2024 compared with last year. The state has recorded 178 cases of the bacterial ...

SALEM, Ore. — As of Monday, the Oregon Health Authority said that the state had surpassed 1,100 whooping cough cases since the beginning of 2024 — the most in a single year since 1950.

827 whooping cough cases reported across Oregon, expected to break record. The Oregon Health Authority said that as of Wednesday, the state has seen a total of 827 cases in 23 counties this year.

The Oregon Health Authority said in a notice last Thursday that as of May 29, there have been 178 cases of whooping cough reported to them in 2024 from nine counties.

Q: In more recent years, my updated vaccines included tetanus and diphtheria, but not pertussis (whooping cough). I am 70. My husband is 81 and has a serious long term progressive respiratory ...

Oregon whooping cough cases increase 770%, prompting OHA to encourage vaccines by: Michaela Bourgeois. Posted: May 30, 2024 / 02:52 PM PDT. Updated: May 30, 2024 / 04:51 PM PDT.