(StatePoint) Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is an extremely contagious bacterial infection that can lead to severe, sometimes life-threatening health problems, such as exacerbation of ...

Nearly a quarter of Americans — or 81-million people in the United States — suffer from seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Early-season allergies are often ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing viral upper respiratory infections and hand, foot and mouth this week.

The symptoms for seasonal allergies and asthma are almost the same. Here’s how you differentiate between the two.

As winter rolls on in Australia, respiratory viruses are everywhere. One of the main culprits is respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which has caused more than 145,000 infections around the country ...

“We’ve been seeing a surge in patients coming into the clinic and being admitted to the hospital for acute asthma exacerbations. This uptick follows “Asthma Peak Week,” which occurs during the third ...