"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...

An irritating cough that just won’t go away is easy to dismiss as a mild inconvenience like a cold or flu, but in some cases, it can be a sign of different conditions. “One of the most common causes ...

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 ...

School district sent warning to families at Galena High of possible exposure to pertussis, or whooping cough. Symptoms can take weeks to appear.

A lingering cough is often blamed on asthma or past tuberculosis, but experts warn that a lesser-known fungal lung disease ...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory illness. It can start with cold-like symptoms, including a runny nose, mild cough and low-grade fever. After one to two weeks, it can progress to severe ...

Different types of coughs and accompanying symptoms might give an indication of what might be causing it.

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...

For patients with type 2 diabetes, there is an association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use and chronic cough, according to a study published online Nov. 26 in JAMA ...

Chronic cough is a persistent and often debilitating condition defined as a cough lasting for more than eight weeks. This syndrome presents a significant clinical challenge worldwide due to its ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The cough started when I was around 25 or 26. I noticed it right before the pandemic, and I didn’t have a ...

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade. Texas has reported 1,064 cases of pertussis, ...