“As Oregon closes out 2024 with a record-breaking number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases, health officials remind ...
As of Monday, the Oregon Health Authority said that the state had surpassed 1,100 whooping cough cases since the beginning of ...
The Oregon Health Authority reported two children in the Portland area died from the flu in late December, highlighting ...
Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December—about six times ...
Statewide cases of 'whooping cough' in 2024 were at the highest overall numbers since 1950, according state health officials.
In 2024, Oregon recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases, also known as Pertussis, since 1950. About 315 of the ...
Medical professionals are stressing the urgency of vaccinations as Oregon reached its highest number of whooping cough cases ...
Prevention in the form of vaccination is the best way to protect against whooping cough, the CDC says; the agency recommends ...
About half of the reported cases had up-to-date vaccines for pertussis, despite immunization rates being above 90% in Oregon. Lane County numbered the highest cases this year with 315, followed by ...
About 315 of the 1,105 identified cases were recorded in Lane County, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Lane County Health Officer Dr. Patrick Luedtke said case counts started going up in ...
Oregon is ending 2024 with the state's highest pertussis case count in 74 years, prompting state health officials to ...
Oregon registered it’s highest count of whooping cough cases since 1950 this year, according to the Oregon Health Authority ...