Accurate rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection would be a useful tool to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing strategies that use rapid antigen tests to detect current infection have ...

The test, run on Abbott's portable i-STAT Alinity instrument, uses whole blood to assess mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion at the patient's bedside with results obtaining in 15 minutes.

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.

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 ...

OLYMPIA 6/13/2025 – Washington state experienced a dramatic surge in whooping cough cases in 2024, with 2,261 confirmed and probable cases reported – a staggering 25-fold increase from 87 ...

The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering” and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children. Similar ...

In 2024, more than 57,000 cases of whooping cough were reported in Australia – the highest yearly total since 1991 – including 25,900 in New South Wales alone. What is causing the current surge?

“Anyone can get whooping cough, but infants are at greatest risk for life-threatening illness,” said Dr. Steven Stack, the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Public Health, said.

Health officials announced in July 2024 that whooping cough cases had begun increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. ... After 1-2 weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, ...