(StatePoint) Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an extremely contagious bacterial infection that can lead to severe, sometimes life-threatening health problems, such as exacerbation of ...

Credit: Getty Images The GINA 2024 asthma update includes new guidance on medications, monitoring, treatment goals, remission, cough variant asthma, children, and more. The Global Initiative for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

Every year, the first Tuesday of May is observed as World Asthma Day. This global initiative aims to raise awareness about ...

Klein is a contributor for TIME. Light blue tissue box on blue background. Cold and flu concept. Minimal monochromatic composition. Klein is a contributor for TIME. No one wants to be the person who ...

The management of chronic cough is described in evidence-based guidelines that appear to be effective for diagnosing and treating the many underlying causes of chronic cough. However, the management ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are no approved treatments, so providers use off-label prescriptions. 30.4% did not know the three most ...

Whooping cough, medically known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects the airways. It gets ...

Dr Olumide Sogaolu, a consultant physician at the University College Hospital (UCH), in this interview with Sade Oguntola presents asthma as a controllable but still under-managed public health ...