The respiratory illness, which typically lasts from winter through spring, can cause symptoms including cough, shortness of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cough lasting more than three weeks should be checked by a GP. (Getty Images) An irritating cough that lingers for days – or ...

Carson City experienced a spike in pertussis cases last year that now has health officials urging residents to complete ...

As the daily weather is changing rapidly, a growing number of people are falling prey to cold and cough. Coughing is a ...

Anyone who has dealt with a lingering cough knows how quickly it can take over daily life. It interrupts conversations, disrupts sleep and makes even simple things like eating or drinking ...

New Jersey is seeing a surge in cases of human metapneumovirus, aka HMPV. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

As respiratory illnesses surge this winter, there’s one symptom many patients hope will just go away: the dreaded cough. "At this time of year, many people suffer from minor coughs due to common colds ...

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Whooping cough, a highly infectious respiratory infection that laid low in recent years, has come roaring back. In Ohio, whooping cough cases have doubled in a year, spiking from ...

As soon as we have a cough, we start taking any cough syrup or home remedy without knowing its type. In fact, not every cough is the same—it can be a wet or dry cough. The type of cough makes it ...

Ignoring a chronic cough can lead to numerous complications. In particular, chronic coughing can result in pain in your throat, muscle pain in your chest, headaches, lack of sleep, and feelings of ...

Melanie knew it was serious as her mum had died of lung cancer ...