Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical ...

Sending influenza virus-containing droplets into the air through coughing and sneezing may not be the only way to spread respiratory diseases, according to a new study involving guinea pigs. Some ...

SHANGHAI — How can Chinese pig farms, whose businesses have been devastated the past two years by the deadly and infectious African swine fever, prevent further disease outbreaks? A German company ...

The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough, a new study led by UTSW researchers shows. The findings, ...

JACKSON, MI – Ten pigs at the Jackson County Fair have tested positive for swine flu, according to health officials. Pigs showing symptoms were tested and results were positive, the Jackson County ...

LAPEER COUNTY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says a presumptive positive case of swine flu in a Lapeer County resident has been linked to the Oakland ...

April 30 (Reuters) - Here are some facts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how swine flu spreads in humans: * Swine flu viruses typically cause illness in pigs, not humans ...

Addex Therapeutics Ltd. has released promising results from its novel γ-aminobutyric acid subtype B receptor (GABA-B) positive allosteric modulator (PAM) chronic cough program. In models of chronic ...