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.

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 ...

Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

or COVID-19 You can further drill a cough down into a productive or nonproductive cough. “A productive cough is a cough that produces phlegm,” Dr. Youssef says. But a non-productive cough is more dry, ...

"International scholars are calling on China to disclose pathogen information and conduct genetic research to confirm that it ...

India has detected three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus similar to Covid-19 that spreads through droplets and affects vulnerable groups.