An itchy mouth is a common, though sometimes alarming, symptom that many people experience. It can be caused by viral or fungal infections or allergies to food, pollen, latex, medications, and ...

When you wake up with a fever, sore throat, or a head that feels like it’s full of concrete, your first question might be: Should I wait?

Have you found that no matter how long your previous cold lasted, the cough persists longer? After your hacking and throat-clearing convince friends you're spreading germs, you can remark, "Don't ...

November 15, 2024 (San Diego) -- County public health officials are reporting an increased number of pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, in San Diego County this year. The increase is ...

Added Jul 29, 2020 at 02:51PM EDT by Matt. On December 3rd, 2018, Twitter [1] user @40ozAliah tweeted the image of the Coughing Cat with the caption, "this is how lil kids cough." The post received ...

Mel O'Neill is a mum-of-two from Penketh and regularly blogs for us about living with breast cancer. Finally, fingers crossed, I’m feeling more like myself than I have done in 5 weeks.

The common cold-like virus known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may cause a cough in certain people. Though it usually goes away within a few weeks, it's something to watch for in kids, older ...

Total cases of whooping cough in 2025 are double compared to the same time frame in 2024, the CDC says. naipo.de via Unsplash As schools across the country release their students and the summer ...

Maybe you were sick a couple of weeks ago and are better, but the coughing just won’t go away. You may be popping cough drops like it’s your job, or maybe you’ve just accepted that the symptom is your ...

That persistent, dry, tickly cough? It might not be the start of a cold — it could be hay fever. A hay fever cough is usually the result of postnasal drip, where excess mucus travels down the back of ...