The patient’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One said asthma. Another implicated her age, then 71. A third blamed ...

North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more ...

Dr. Duffy says asthma, reflux, post-nasal drip, and drugs like ACE inhibitors for blood pressure, cause the most coughs. GERD, or reflux, can cause coughing, although coughing can also cause GERD.

Cases of whooping cough have spiked across the country, including Allegheny County, which saw a 47,000% increase in cases.

Your cough can taste bad for many reasons. When a metallic taste is paired with coughing, you may have an upper respiratory infection like a cold. This can cause your phlegm to contain traces of ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime ...

Refractory chronic cough is a cough that persists for over 8 weeks and does not respond to treatment of any underlying cause. Recent randomised trials for refractory chronic cough have shown ...

On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the illness was detected in an ...

Many of Georgia’s most deadly respiratory diseases have declined over the past few weeks, but others like whooping cough appear to still be broadly circulating.