There’s another highly contagious and serious respiratory disease affecting Idaho that’s been labeled an “ongoing outbreak” ...

Central District Health announced the death on Monday, March 3, marking the first fatal case in an outbreak that has been ...

There have been 574 cases reported since the start of 2024. There were seven cases in 2023 and two cases in 2022.

Central District Health says an adult died of pertussis in February. The health district covers Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley ...

Central District Health (CDH) announced one of their residents died from pertussis.CDH covers Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley ...

The Emmett School District canceled classes to deep clean all of its buildings, citing low attendance linked to the spread of various illnesses in the community. The district cited norovirus ...

A death from pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has been reported by Central District Health.  The decedent was over the age of 65, a CDH spokesperson said, and though their cause of death has ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011. According to the Spokane Regional Health ...

If you have a severe cough that doesn't seem to go away, you may have whopping cough. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways.

Spokane County also remains in a whooping cough outbreak, with 101 cases reported so far this year. That’s the most cases of any county, beating out even King County, where only 60 people had ...

When I contracted whooping cough a few years ago, I thought there must have been a mistake. Surely this antiquated disease couldn't still be active in the 21st century? But what started as a two ...

The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) confirmed on Wednesday that a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and said that the death is the first caused by pertussis (whooping cough ...