“As Oregon closes out 2024 with a record-breaking number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases, health officials remind ...

Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December—about six times ...

Oregon is ending 2024 with the state's highest pertussis case count in 74 years, prompting state health officials to ...

The other counties with the most whooping cough cases were Multnomah, with 235 cases, Clackamas with 135, Washington with 119 ...

Medical professionals are stressing the urgency of vaccinations as Oregon reached its highest number of whooping cough cases ...

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 ...

Statewide cases of 'whooping cough' in 2024 were at the highest overall numbers since 1950, according state health officials.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is most dangerous for the very young. According to the OHA, eight Oregonians with pertussis have died since 2003. Five were younger than 4 months old. Deaths ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is ending 2024 with the state’s highest pertussis case count in 74 years, prompting state health officials to encourage vaccines against the disease. As of ...

The Oregon Health Authority has counted 1,100 whooping cough cases in 2024 -- the highest amount of cases since 1950.

The Oregon Health Authority recorded 1,105 cases of pertussis in 2024, commonly known as whooping cough, with 44 outbreaks around the state. There were only 315 fewer cases in 2024 than in 1950.