Whooping cough surging in Spokane and statewide as school year begins
According to the CDC, there have been 844 cases of confirmed whooping cough – also called pertussis – through Oct. 5 in Washington state. That is compared to 68 cases for the whole state in 2023. The last time Washington had a surge of whooping cough was in 2015 when there were more than 1,200 cases.