In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

Health chiefs say it is vital uptake is at least 95 per cent to prevent outbreaks of the highly infectious conditions, which ...

Childhood vaccination rates in Australia are among the worst for high-income countries, a new global study has shown.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will visit China from Tuesday, looking to foster trade ties and woo tourists and students, although thorny issues of security and defence will figure ...

Whooping cough cases in Washington state increased sharply, with 2,261 cases in 2024 compared to 87 in 2023, coinciding with a decline in vaccination rates among young children from 73% in 2019 to ...

According to the state’s recent annual summary on whooping cough, or pertussis, there were 2,261 confirmed and probable cases in Washington in 2024. There were 87 cases in 2023.

Washington’s whooping cough cases The DOH Annual Pertussis Update shows confirmed and probable whooping cough cases reached 2,261 in 2024, a 25-fold increase from 87 cases recorded in 2023.

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide.

CoxHealth, St. Louis Children’s Hospital team up for new pediatric hospital . According to the Taney County Health Department, the best way to prevent whooping cough is through vaccination.

SEATTLE — Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s ...

Whooping cough cases persist in Oregon, Washington. Posted: June 13, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Washington health officials say they saw a dramatic surge, and in Oregon, a majority of ...