Consumer Protection Police Division 4 received information via social media regarding the misuse of cough medicine and other drugs mixed with kratom juice to make highly habit-forming “4x100 ...

Cases of whooping cough rose to more than 35,000 in the U.S. in 2024, which is an increase of more than 400 percent compared with 2023, when just over 7,000 people got the illness. This is ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whooping cough cases in the United States are beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels. According to Dr. Jason Newland, chief of ...

The study was recently published in Science Translational Medicine and showed how dextromethorphan can impede the collagen that forms scars, inside cells, reducing lung fibrosis. Lung fibrosis ...

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 ...

A common over-the-counter ingredient in many cough syrups may have a greater purpose ... may be one that is already available as a cough medicine around the world, dextromethorphan.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whooping cough cases in the United States are beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels. Whooping cough is often referred to as pertussis.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a very contagious respiratory illness. For many, the bacterial infection starts with symptoms similar to the common cold — a runny nose, sneezing ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH SEES ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF WHOOPING COUGH CASES IN 12 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M QUANECIA FRASER. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS AS OF MONDAY ...

SINGAPORE: A prolonged and painful cough that persists over several weeks – that is what those who contract whooping cough face, as opposed to those who catch the common flu. Cases of this ...

There are many reasons adults develop a cough, especially during winter, when there’s an increased risk of catching a respiratory illness or virus, but it should clear up on it’s own. The NHS states ...

Whooping cough continues to surge in the United States ... parents about the importance of vaccines and tools for pediatric medicine professionals to educate about childhood vaccines.