Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause painful coughing fits and difficulty breathing. Cases ...

After a week with a dry cough, 16-year-old Ian McCracken started experiencing middle-of-the-night coughing fits so ... sound in infected babies and children when they inhale air after coughing.

A humidifier can make breathing easier by maintaining a comfortable level of humidity, which is particularly helpful during sleep and can reduce nighttime coughing. Dry air can dry out the nasal ...

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the ...

The bouts usually last a few minutes at a time and tend to be more common at night. This coughing often brings up thick mucus and may be followed by vomiting. Between coughs, you or your child may ...

"Whooping cough at night, and I'm talking about 4 a.m. to ... and can be particularly dangerous for babies and young children. "The kids get into a fit of coughing and they just can't catch ...

In children, levocloperastine reduced night-time awakenings and irritability; in adults, it was also effective in treating ACEinhibitor cough. Levocloperastine was generally well tolerated.

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue.

A fifth (20.1 per cent) were in children aged 10 to 14 ... plus bouts of coughing that last for a few minutes and get worse at night. Some people make a "whoop" sound as they gasp between coughs ...

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infections are rising in older children and teens as protection wears off. That’s led to a hunt for better, more durable immunizations against whooping cough that also don’t cause as many side ...