Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness that's rapidly rising in cases. Newborns are most at risk.

and suffered coughing fits that made her feel like she'd 'broken a rib'. Despite feeling so weak she couldn't stand up and suffering extreme chest pain, doctors concluded she had a common flu ...

So far this year, the Yukon has confirmed seven cases of the disease. The territory's chief medical officer of health, Dr.

According to the state health department website cases are up by 186 percent. The infection, also called Pertussis, can be ...

Symptoms can include coughing fits, fatigue and labored breathing. Fractured ribs from intense high-pitched coughs, or “whoops,” have occurred. Advertisement According to the Centers for ...

DENVER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - You don’t have to be an extreme athlete to have felt the extreme pain from a broken rib. Millions of people know what it feels like to break or fracture a rib ...

Symptoms in adults are often mild, but some people can suffer pneumonia, brain damage or even broken ribs from coughing so much. Children, especially those too young to be vaccinated, are most at ...

DENVER, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You don’t have to be an extreme athlete to have felt the extreme pain from a broken rib. Millions of people know what it feels like to break or fracture a rib, or ...

A LOW GRADE FEVER, AND MILD COUGHS. HOWEVER, AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, THAT MILD COUGH MAY TURN SEVERE. PEOPLE HAVE COUGHED SO HARD THEY’VE ACTUALLY BROKEN RIBS WITH PERTUSSIS, SO DEFINITELY THAT ...

Ahead of their Week 5 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen announced that tight end Taysom Hill has fractured ribs. Allen also mentioned that he was ...