It's often diagnosed by a physical exam and possibly an X-ray, according to Dr. Thomas Murray, a Yale Medicine pediatric infectious diseases specialist. Meanwhile, cases of whooping cough ...

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, cases – which also cause a prolonged ... then should begin to taper off later into the fall. On an X-ray, Mycoplasma infections can give lungs a cloudy or “white lung” ...

Healthcare providers look for signs of respiratory illness, and may order a chest X-ray to see if they have ... Cases of highly contagious whooping cough have also surged, with CDC data showing ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis ... then should begin to taper off later into the fall.On an X-ray, Mycoplasma infections can give lungs a cloudy or “white lung” appearance.Last year, China ...

On an X-ray, Mycoplasma infections can give lungs a cloudy or “white lung” appearance. Last year, China, Denmark and France all reported increases of this kind of pneumonia in kids.