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Tuberculosis (TB) cases are on the rise, fuelling fears England may see a resurgence of the Victorian-era illness. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show 4,850 people were struck by the bacterial infection, spread by coughing, in 2023 — marking a rise of almost 11 per cent on the previous year. This is despite 2022 being a bumper year for TB. It marked only the third time cases of the infection have increased nationally over the past decade.

President Joe Biden continued to test positive for COVID-19 Tuesday but is feeling "well," according to a memo from Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's physician. "The President continues to feel well, though he is experiencing a bit of a return of a loose cough. He remains fever-free and in good spirits. His temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal. His lungs are clear," O'Connor wrote. O'Connor added that Biden "will continue his strict isolation measures" and "will continue to conduct the business of the American people from the Executive Residence." Biden initially tested positive for COVID-19...

As President Biden addressed Americans Tuesday about his administration’s response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, many social media users raised questions about the president’s own health due to his persistent coughing throughout his remarks. Biden’s address — in which he announced that the federal government will ship 500 million at-home rapid tests for COVID-19 starting next month, set up federally run testing sites in New York and other hot-spot areas and mobilize 1,000 military medical personnel to deploy to overwhelmed hospitals as needed — came as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreads across the US ahead...

President Joe Biden's coughing during an address to the nation about measures to tackle COVID-19 has raised concerns about his health ahead of a test for the virus he's due to receive on Wednesday. The president tested negative for COVID on Monday a day after he had been in close contact with a White House staff member who had tested positive for the virus. Biden appeared to cough and excused himself twice while speaking about his administration's plans to deal with COVID amid the surge of the Omicron variant in the U.S. He also appeared to briefly have a catch...

President Biden’s physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says Biden is “fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency” despite a worsening cough caused by gastroesophageal reflux and a stiffer gait when he walks. O’Connor released a six-page report Friday afternoon that didn’t reveal any urgent reason for Biden’s physical earlier in the day. A colonoscopy using anesthesia required Biden to hand over presidential powers to Vice President Kamala Harris for 85 minutes.

VIDEOThe only thing really notable in Joe Biden's otherwise forgettable tax raising speech on September 16 was the frequency of his coughs. A cough count of 18 coughs in a 22 minute period. Therefore I have edited his boring speech down to only the coughs in this three minute clip.

Authorities say a 41-year-old Berks County woman deliberately coughed on a nurse while she was waiting to be seen at St. Luke’s Urgent Care Center in Hamburg, according to media reports. Jessica Saul, 41, of the 400 block of South Fourth Street in Hamburg was charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and harassment, police said. The incident happened on Nov. 10, when she became “irate” that she was told to wait in her car before being seen for a COVID-19 test. The woman went to the urgent care center because she said she thought she was had COVID-19 symptoms, the...

Every day it’s something new with the presumptive Democratic Nominee for President – Joe Biden. Today, during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden says he has not been tested for the Coronavirus, and then proceeds to cough into his hand on air. Jake Tapper proceeds to lecture Biden on how to properly cough into his elbow instead. . . .

Fighting the new coronavirus has been a battle against the unknown for doctors. ... Now, an account by medics on the front line of this epidemic, at the Jinyintan Hospital, in Wuhan, is starting to provide answers. A detailed analysis of the first 99 patients treated there has been published in the Lancet medical journal. Lung assault All of the 99 patients taken to the hospital had pneumonia - their lungs were inflamed and the tiny sacs where oxygen moves from the air to the blood were filling with water. Other symptoms were: 82 had fever 81 had a cough...

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suffered a lengthy coughing spell Tuesday in an interview with Sirius/XM radio talk show host Howard Stern. After discussing the 2020 campaign race, and the difficulties of social media, Clinton started coughing as Stern continued speaking. As she continued coughing, Stern paused and said, “I feel like I need to give you a cough drop or something … you OK?” “I got one,” Clinton croaked. Stern recalled her coughing was also the subject of speculation during the campaign, leading people to “speculate about her health.” “I was dying,” Clinton said in a sarcastic raspy...

Here is Mrs Clinton, spluttering her way through Mansfield College and asking for a glass of water

Where do we go from here? The Clintons call it Utopia. We call it Hell. During an epic 2016 presidential election campaign whose results were to dump Hillary Clinton further back into the nether regions of Never Never Land, histrionic-geared Hillary coughed and went Whoopsie! falls the whole way through. Never before had a presidential candidate coughed their way all the way through a campaign.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants women to #raiseyourvoice, though she struggled to heed the slogan as she fought back a coughing fit during this week’s “The MAKERS Conference.” The conference – inspired by Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe and the “Time’s Up” movement – ran from Monday through Wednesday to celebrate all kinds of liberal feminist “MAKERS,” from outspoken actress Lena Dunham to Clinton, Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey, through panel discussions and other programs. On Wednesday, Clinton streamed into the conference on a live feed from New York to give closing remarks, though she struggled to contain a massive...

Hillary Clinton's infamous cough returned during a Monday CSPAN event for Clinton’s newly released book "What Happened." [Snip] The cough is still lingering as she continues her book tour, although it does seem to have settled down quite a bit since her campaign days, suggesting the yoga and walks through the woods are beneficial to her health.

Hillary Clinton struggled to speak shortly after beginning her speech at the Wellesley College commencement ceremony Friday. A college official rushed to deliver her a lozenge and water bottle as she choked on her words. She credited her croaky delivery to allergies rather than emotions, which drew cheers and laughs from the crowd.

Complete Headline: Can't shake the cough! Hillary Clinton chokes up at rally and pops a cough drop just minutes before she's helped down a set of stairs by an aide as health woes continue to plague her Clinton made it through 95 minutes of debate on Monday night without her notorious cough showing up But in a brief discussion with reporters on her campaign plane on Tuesday morning she was coughing again Friday she couldn't stop coughing and clearing her throat as she neared the end of her remarks at a Florida event and popped a cough drop At...

FRI, SEP 30, 2016, 3:30PM – 5:00PM EDT [Don't] join Hillary Clinton in Coral Springs! Protest Illary instead! Coral Springs Gymnasium 2501 Coral Springs Dr Coral Springs, Florida 33065

The "stamina," the "look": A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trump's insinuations about Hillary Clinton's health. They're ignoring the medical reports. Voters — especially men — have more confidence that Trump is healthy enough for the presidency than Clinton, according to the Associated Press-GfK poll. It's a disconnect considering Clinton has released more medical information than Trump, and that outside doctors who've looked at the available data say both candidates seem fine. But it shows the political points Trump scored after the Democratic nominee's much-publicized mild case of pneumonia....

**SNIP** The fact that “bitch” has become both an epithet and an honorific for Mrs. Clinton has turned out to be one of the least weird things about this election year. In a race that is indelibly colored by gender and sexism, it’s also potentially transformative. Few of the women who choose to venture into the male-dominated sphere of American politics are hothouse flowers, of course, but Mrs. Clinton’s long journey to the center of presidential contention mirrors a larger impatience with a time-honored tradition of going along to get along. This is not just in politics either: From film...

Democratic party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton stepped behind a pillar to keep the press from filming her coughing at a press conference Friday on national security issues. Then she let out a big cough.