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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.

This year alone, we have had pediatric deaths from measles and whooping cough, not to mention over 200 deaths from influenza. Those numbers will only escalate in the future.

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.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Across the state of Washington, whooping cough cases dramatically increased from 2023 to 2024. In 2025, cases are already more than half of last year's total.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Health officials in Washington state are warning about a “dramatic surge” in whooping cough cases seen last year amid a decrease in vaccination rates. On Friday, the ...