If your mucus is gray or black... …you likely inhaled dark-colored particles, like smoke from a fire or heavy exhaust. Regular smokers can also blow out darker mucus because of the tar or other toxic ...
One persistent rumor claims you can increase your chances of survival by coughing "repeatedly and very vigorously" in a practice researchers call "cough CPR". This comes from Dr. Patrick Teefy ...
In reality, the yellow or green color in boogers comes from immune cells called neutrophils. Neutrophils are the first responders to an infection in our body. When there is any sign of a germ inside ...
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 ...
The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first human death caused by H5N1 avian influenza in the United States. The victim, a person over 65 years of age with pre-exist ...