Washington, June 19 (ANI): People born during whooping cough outbreaks are more likely to die prematurely even if they survive into adulthood, a new study has revealed.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids.

Melbourne, Apr. 2 (ANI): A professor from University of Sydney has said that the practice of covering the nose and mouth with the hands when sneezing and coughing are more likely to help in spreading rather than preventing the spread of flu.

London, March 29 (ANI): Almost half of adults have admitted to texting while driving, compared to a slightly smaller number of teens who confessed up to the same thing, a new survey has revealed.

Washington, February 28 (ANI): Those worried about the coughing and sneezing associated with the upcoming flu season, should consider boosting the humidity in the rooms around you.

London, February 17 (ANI): Be careful when you kiss your partner on Valentine's Day because mid-February is usually the peak season for infectious diseases, such as the seasonal and H1N1 flu, mononucleosis, colds and coughs, a Loyola specialist has warned.

London, February 4 (ANI): Doctors believe a 14-month-old baby who cannot suck, swallow, gag, cough or cry because of a baffling condition could be the only person in the world with the bizarre complaint.

London, Feb 2 (ANI): When an ill colleague turns up to work coughing and sneezing, it really is better if they stay at home, such is the speed that germs spread around an office, a new study suggests.

London, Jan 25 (ANI): 'Man flu' really does exist, as according to a study, men suffer more with coughs and colds because they have extra temperature receptors in the brain and so experience worse symptoms.

Washington, January 16 (ANI): In addition to causing smoggy skies and chronic coughs, soot turns out to be the number two contributor to global warming and only second only to carbon dioxide, researchers say.

Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): If you got a pesky cough and it hasn't gone away in a week, you shouldn't fret as a new study has found that the average cough lasts 18 days.

Washington, Jan. 15 (Xinhua-ANI): Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Houston hospital Monday morning after a nearly two months' hospitalization with a bronchitis-related cough and other health issues, doctors said Monday.

Islamabad, Dec 29 (ANI): Five more people died in Pakistan's Punjab province after drinking the 'poisonous' cough syrup, raising the death toll to 40.

London, December 19 (ANI): Antibiotics are ineffective in treating patients with persistent coughs caused by mild chest infections, researchers say.

Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): A virus commonly found in dogs may serve as the foundation for the next great breakthrough in human vaccine development, researchers have claimed.

Washington, October 23 (ANI): Japanese researchers have suggested that a soft, extendible band fitted around the chest may help to relieve cough in patients with persistent dry cough.

Washington, October 22 (ANI): A new research has suggested that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children.

London, Oct 15 (ANI): People spend billions of pounds in a year on popular over-the-counter medicines like cough syrups, flu tablets, slimming pills and many others, but experts have revealed that they do not work as well as they claim to do.

New York, Sep 15 (ANI): Micro-blogging platform Twitter has finally surrendered the tweets sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester, who was accused of misconduct.

Washington, September 6 (ANI): Children exposed to the widely used pesticide additive piperonyl butoxide (PBO) in the womb have heightened risk of noninfectious cough at ages 5 and 6, a new study has found.

Washington, August 24 (ANI): A runny nose and a wet cough caused by a cold or an allergy may irritate you, but human airways rely on sticky mucus to expel foreign matter, including toxic and infectious agents, from the body.

Washington, August 20 (ANI): Exposure to secondhand smoke decreases sensitivity to cough-eliciting respiratory irritants in otherwise healthy children and adolescents, according to new research from the Monell Center.

London, August 6 (ANI): Giving a teaspoon of honey to a child with a cough before they go to bed can ease their symptoms and help them sleep more soundly, a new study has found.

London, August 3 (ANI): Swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who has said that she feels more aware of her appearance than when she started competitive swimming, has with time learned that cameras go with the territory.

Washington, June 12 (ANI): People usually take cough drops or syrup at the first sign of a cough, but how these popular remedies work has been unknown to scientists.