This is the first study to comprehensively evaluate children with chronic cough and without a selective workup. Our study suggests that among children with chronic cough (ie, cough of > 8 weeks ...

On the other hand, in another study, asthma was found to be the most common cause of chronic cough in children, reinforcing the need for further research in identifying causes of cough in this ...

Contact your pediatrician if you have concerns, such as: Your infant or child has not been fully immunized, and/or has been exposed to someone with whooping cough or who has a chronic cough.

Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control ...

Michigan is seeing its highest number of pertussis infections in a decade. As of Dec. 8, the state health department reported ...

“After the first three weeks, the infection tends to wane and sometimes if you’re just left with the chronic cough, it could ... babies and infants. Most children under six months require ...

The most up-to-date data from the CDC, which was released in early November, showed Pennsylvania and New York had reported the most cases of whooping cough at more than 2,000 each. Ohio, Wisconsin, ...

A popular method of applying ghee on your nostrils—believed to reduce allergy symptoms—can cause dangerous ailments like ...

but to protect others who may be very susceptible to whooping cough, and that's particularly children and infants. Adults who are working with kids who are, particularly, in school settings and ...

Background: Children presenting with chronic cough are common to the primary care physicians, but data on the etiology are scant. Methods: We evaluated 40 children (age range, 5 to 12 years ...