Forceful coughing, also known as paroxysmal coughing, usually results from bacteria, although there are other causes. If it affects your breathing or lasts more than a few days, immediate medical care ...

MANY questions about the immunologic mechanism responsible for the permanence of immunity after an attack of whooping cough are still obscure, in spite of a large number of clinical and experimental ...

Researchers have generated a mouse model of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, sufficiently replicating the persistent cough symptom. By studying various bacteria mutants and observing the ...

In children, pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity were generated for only 1 clinical feature: posttussive vomiting. A guideline based on a high-quality systematic review has been developed ...

Most people experience a cough at some point in their lives. Healthcare professionals can classify coughs based on how they sound and how they feel to the individual. Some coughs can be irritating, ...

Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is highly contagious and can be quite dangerous to infants and newborns. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, discusses how early immunization can keep your ...

You’ve been feeling a tickle in your throat this week, so you took a bunch of vitamins, drank a few extra glasses of water and hoped for the best. This morning, you have a new symptom: a cough. But ...

The current rate of whooping cough (pertussis) infections in the U.S. is so high that the country is on track for the most cases since the vaccine was developed in 1948. There were 6,600 cases ...

Parents and guardians of Springboro Schools children are being told to monitor their children after district officials Wednesday learned there has been a case of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) identified ...

Osaka, Japan – Commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a respiratory disease that results from infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. This ailment often affects children and is ...