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

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 ...

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

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

In the post-pandemic era, vaccination for all kinds of diseases has become a hot-button issue, increasingly so with the confirmation ...

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 ...

Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to humans. Just one infected patient can spread measles to up to nine out of 10 susceptible close contacts, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The same has been true of the polio and DTaP vaccines, with the latter protecting against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. "The onus is really on us as physicians and health care clinicians to ...