We conducted a 1:2 matched case-control study to examine the risk of pertussis in relation to various aspects of vaccine administration. A case was a school student in Cass County who attended ...

In this case-control study, incomplete pertussis vaccination was a significant risk factor for developing pertussis among school children. Receiving the fifth dose at 4 years of age was associated ...

The Sarpy/Cass County deputy health director tells us they ... an 80% increase in COVID-19 and is tracking an ongoing pertussis outbreak. "It's slowed down a little bit. But, as kids go back ...

A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.

SRHD says a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and the CDC confirmed that pertussis was the cause of death.

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 the age of 5 died in ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024. It is the county's highest annual number of cases since 34 were ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024. It is the county's highest annual number of cases since 34 were reported in ...