New research has shown that many medicines sold to parents of children under six years old are not as effective as they may hope. Work carried out on behalf of the Commission for Human Medicine (CHM) ...

"OTC cough and cold medicines are not recommended for children under two years unless with a specific prescription from your doctor," say the guidelines. The board further warns that serious and ...

DHS has received reports of 1,596 confirmed cases of whooping cough. In Wisconsin, 64 counties have had at least one case of ...

Whooping cough spreads through coughing or sneezing and impacts the body's cilia, causing swelling in the airway. The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year ... for children and this is about ...

Washington state is experiencing a spike in whooping cough cases with nearly 1,200 reported cases so far this year, that's up ...

pertussis spreads to droplets from patients or carriers, and has the characteristic of causing paroxysmal cough during ...

When you have a cough, what do you do? Wait for 2–3 days before reaching out for the cough syrup in your kitchen cabinet? Do you know if it is effective enough for the type of cough you suffer from?

As of November 2, 28 people have been hospitalized, including 12 infants under ... cough, people of all ages should get up to ...

This year could be a decade-high for whooping cough cases in Washington state, according to numbers by the state Department ...

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Arizonans with respiratory problems this fall may want to add whooping cough to the list of possible causes. Cases in the ...