Early signs of whooping cough in adults look very much like a common cold, Dr. Loafman says. For the first week or so of ...

Antibiotics are only helpful in treating diseases like pneumonia and whooping cough. However, some home remedies and treatments can soothe your aching chest and relieve your symptoms. Symptoms ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a disease caused by a bacteria that affects the lungs. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, pertussis is spread through the air in droplets ...

Whooping cough is a bacterial disease ... according to the American Lung Association. “Pediatrician colleagues are very good at vaccinating, and we need to carry that into adult medicine ...

The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week ...

A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus, clearing it from the lungs. A nonproductive cough, known as a dry cough, doesn’t produce phlegm or mucus. Many things — from allergies to acid ...

Kline is talking about whooping cough, also known as pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Babies under ...

Flu season is here in New Jersey, but other illnesses are in full swing as well. Cases of influenza increased during holiday ...

A child in Spokane County died of whooping cough in November, marking the first fatality from the disease in Washington in more than a decade. The Spokane Regional Health District on Wednesday ...

With recently increased cases of pertussis (whooping cough) across the state, including a current outbreak in Sheridan County ...

(WSMV) - Parents at Oakland Middle School, Oakland High School, and at the McFadden School of Excellence have all gotten calls that there are cases of whooping cough (pertussis) at each school.