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  • 09/23/24 Health Advisory: 2024–2025 Respiratory Illness Season Vaccine Recommendations

    09/23/24 Health Advisory: 2024–2025 Respiratory Illness Season Vaccine Recommendations

    Summary COVID-19 vaccine recommendations For most people, the minimum interval between their last 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose and their 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine dose is 8 weeks. There are exceptions for people completing a multidose initial vaccination series, including: Learn more in CDC’s detailed vaccination schedules for people who are not moderately or severely immunocompromised and people who are…

  • 05/23/24 Health Advisory: Pertussis Increasing in Washington

    05/23/24 Health Advisory: Pertussis Increasing in Washington

    Summary Current situation in Washington In 2023 CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) week 1–18, healthcare providers reported 24 cases of confirmed or probable pertussis in Washington. In this same period in 2024, providers reported 170 cases. This is a 6-fold increase. Multiple health jurisdictions reported increases. DOH (Washington State Department of Health) updates its weekly pertussis update every Friday. Recommendations for…

  • 04/30/24 Health Advisory: Invasive Serogroup Y Meningococcal Disease Increasing in the United States

    04/30/24 Health Advisory: Invasive Serogroup Y Meningococcal Disease Increasing in the United States

    Summary Invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease cases are on the rise in the United States. Cases are disproportionately occurring in people who are: 30–60 years old. Black or African American. Living with HIV. Washington has not seen an increase in cases. Patients with invasive meningococcal disease may have bloodstream infection or septic arthritis, without typical meningitis symptoms…