cough

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Local authorities said the man in São Paulo had "exhibited symptoms such as fever", while the man in Rio de Janeiro, from Belgium, had shown "viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhoea".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

State or local health department officials check them for symptoms, which include fever, cough or chest pain, in person twice a day during the weekslong quarantine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“When he goes to the doctor for a cough and chest pain, they simply give him two Tylenols,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines, including for measles and whooping cough.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Seth’s cough had become worse, and after an afternoon smoking fish he’d started to wheeze and spit out green phlegm, but the master did nothing about it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo