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Oregon swept past the 1,100 mark for the number of pertussis cases it saw during 2024, beating its 2012 record of 910 cases ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Oregon recorded 1,105 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in 2024, the highest count for a single year since 1950, when the state reported 1,420 cases, the Oregon Health Authority said.

Rates of pertussis in the United States are surging, with more than 32,000 cases reported as of mid-December -- about six times more than at this time last year and more than have been reported since ...