Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

You may commonly notice a wet or dry cough in kids. Coughing is a defensive response that clears the airways of irritants, ...

A simple, noninvasive nasal swab identified a predominance of T2-low asthma subtypes in racial and ethnic minority pediatric ...

W hooping cough cases have hit a 10 year high nationwide. Pediatrician Dr. Tanya Altmann shares how to keep families healthy as reports of whooping cough, or pertussis, surge. Cases have increased ...

“Most of your cough and cold medications that are over the counter are not intended for kids less than four and then they’re not intended for kids between four and six without out the ...

There’s also something called a subacute cough, which can last from three to eight weeks, says Jairo Barrantes-Perez, M.D., assistant professor of pulmonary medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

A whooping sound usually accompanies the cough. Infants and young children are particularly sensitive to whooping cough. During the pandemic, whooping cough dropped to lower levels as people ...

whooping cough cases in the United States are beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels. According to Dr. Jason Newland, chief of infectious diseases at Nationwide Children’s Hospital ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH SEES ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF WHOOPING COUGH CASES IN 12 YEARS ... FREDERICK SAYS MOST OF THE CASES ARE IN SCHOOL AGE KIDS. HIS CONCERN IS THEY WILL TAKE IT HOME TO THOSE ...

Pennsylvania has more reported cases than any other state. While whooping cough can be serious for all ages, children younger than 1 are particularly sensitive because their immune systems are ...

Whooping cough is particularly dangerous for young children and infants ... such as using humidifiers or cough medicines as advised by healthcare professionals. If a person exhibits severe ...

which is also known as whooping cough, or a bacterium known as mycoplasma may also be behind some lingering coughs, Theodore Strange, M.D., a physician and associate professor of medicine at ...