Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011.

SRHD says a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and the CDC confirmed that pertussis was the cause of death.

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in ...

Spokane Regional Health District reports that a child under the age of 5 died in November and the CDC confirmed the cause of death was pertussis.

Recent data from the Washington Department of Health reveals a significant rise in influenza cases across the state. More ...

A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.

The first whooping cough death in Washington since 2011 has been confirmed in Spokane County last week. According to Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), a child under the age of 5 died in ...

Local healthcare organizations are reassuring Spokanites that healthcare services are still available, despite some of the ...

For just a few bucks, Spokane residents can pop into many local convenience stores and purchase something that looks like a crack pipe — and that very well may quack like a crack pipe — but that ...

Any effort to improve community access to naloxone is in line with recommendations by the Spokane Regional Health District, says Dr. Francisco Velázquez, the district’s health officer.

the division director of public information and government affairs for the Spokane Regional Health District. She noted symptoms such as coughing, trouble breathing and mental distress. “Wildfire smoke ...