Whooping cough is a bacterial disease ... don’t have a lot of buffer if you will with health. And of course, the elderly have multiple comorbidities or illnesses. And so particularly for ...

Other commonly associated problems are the need for medications which suppress an already compromised cough reflex, and impairment of the mucociliary apparatus by cytotoxic drugs, and/or radiation.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is in Missoula with 22 reported cases. Being vaccinated best defense.

Its most common symptoms include wheezing, chest tightness, low fever, fatigue, shortness of breath "and an irritating cough that may ... young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.