Recent surveillance indicates apparent renewed interest among teens in Dextromethorphan abuse, sometimes combined with other ...

The patient’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One said asthma. Another implicated her age, then 71. A third blamed ...

On Friday, a spokesperson for the Wake County Public School System told WRAL News a case of the illness was detected in an ...

Cases of whooping cough across North Carolina have more than doubled compared to this time in 2024. Dr. Dan Park is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of North Carolina ...

Dr. Duffy says asthma, reflux, post-nasal drip, and drugs like ACE inhibitors for blood pressure, cause the most coughs. GERD, or reflux, can cause coughing, although coughing can also cause GERD.

Violin teacher Constance Meyer’s chronic hacking cough was driving other people crazy. The mother of a new student figured ...

In early stages, measles can easily go undetected, potentially putting your patients and your community at risk.

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is spreading rapidly in North Carolina, and data show it isn’t slowing down anytime ...

This year, the flu season in the U.S. has reached its peak and is now improving. However, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

One of the older fads is in the news again: getting high from cough and cold medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM). This drug is sometimes combined with prescribed promethazine with codeine.

Dealing with a constant cough can be downright miserable—especially if it’s at night when you’re trying to sleep. Even after ...