SRHD says a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and the CDC confirmed that pertussis was the cause of death.
A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.
Spokane Regional Health District reports that a child under the age of 5 died in November and the CDC confirmed the cause of death was pertussis.
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Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011.
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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 child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in ...
The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — 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 ...