Not suitable for children under 12. “There’s not much evidence that over-the-counter cough medicines help with coughs, but the placebo effect may make a difference,” says Dr Draper.
SAD 51 is dealing with a minor outbreak of whooping cough, according to Superintendent Jeff Porter, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring the situation.
It’s important to remember that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, can impact adults as well as kids, according to Infectious Diseases Society of America ... a professor of pediatric infectious ...