cough

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These findings provide new insight into age-related inflammation and help explain why something as simple as a cough can sometimes lead to hospitalization in older individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

It causes worsening breathlessness, a dry cough, and fatigue, typically affecting older adults.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

You’ll also hear a larger, darker woofling from the tailpipes, and phlegmy, spattering cough as the rpm fall off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

His cough became so severe he had to send a WhatsApp message to tell her he was being put on a ventilator.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Whooping cough could be “just a little bit bothersome,” he admitted.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield