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
"There are health repercussions, and my children cough," she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
One of the first patients taking part in the trial is 83-year-old Peter Littlefield from Portsmouth, who was diagnosed after getting breathless and developing a cough.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 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
I roll over and cough out a green loogie.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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