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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

According to data from the OHA, Oregon has seen 827 pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, reported out of 23 counties this year. At least one person, an older adult, has died from the ...

Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating more than 17,600 cases as of Oct. 5. That’s more than a ...

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.

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.

There have been more than 10,000 whooping cough cases in the United States so far this year, an unusually high number even by prepandemic standards, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a vaccine expert at ...