The increase represents a return to the typical, pre-pandemic prevalence of whooping cough, which tended to surge in cyclical patterns of over 10,000 cases a year prior to the appearance of COVID-19.
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RSV and COVID-19, are likely to blame, Rizzo said. These viruses often circulate more frequently during fall and winter months. Pertussis, which is also known as whooping cough, or a bacterium known ...
There’s also something called a subacute cough, which can last from three to eight weeks, says Jairo Barrantes-Perez, M.D., assistant professor of pulmonary medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Amid the ongoing cold wave in Karachi, the COVID-19 positivity rate among patients experiencing cold and cough symptoms has been recorded at 30%, Geo News reported on Saturday. According to ...
Instead, existing respiratory viruses that can lead to a lingering cough, such as those that cause the common cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19, are likely ... professor of medicine at Hofstra ...