The pneumonia is caused by tiny Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria and cases are spiking this year, particularly among ...

A recent report suggests that millions of children in the UK have probably ... Even the bottles of cough medicine I went through did nothing but leave me out of pocket. The cough dragged on ...

Kate Evans With flu season upon us and COVID on the move, it’s time to think about getting your updated  COVID-19 and ...

Pain assessment in medicine often relies on imprecise visual rating scales featuring smiling or crying faces, frustrating patients and physicians alike. Children's National Hospital researchers ...

Over 150 children were hospitalised with whooping ... Parents have been advised against treating whooping cough with over-the-counter medicines like cough syrups because they won’t ease symptoms.

An expert tells PEOPLE how to manage the 'highly infectious' atypical pneumonia, also known as 'walking pneumonia,' and ...

Other illnesses can be similar to pneumonia coughs, such as croup and whooping cough. Croup is an illness with a barking cough that mainly affects children ... Antiviral medicines may not affect ...

Angelenos are getting whooping cough more often than last year, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. There have been over 260 cases of the disease so far in 2024.

North Dakota Health and Human Services has reported 73 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, so far in 2024, three times more than last year. The cases this year have been reported across 11 ...

Colds and coughs are so difficult for parents and for kids, because ... baby is over a year of age, you can go ahead give them a teaspoon of honey if they have a cough. And that can help with ...