Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that's been surging in the U.S. this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious disease experts say.
<p>ATLANTA — Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that's been surging in the U.S.
</p><p>Creech says that on the same day in August, four Nashville-area pediatricians reached out to him to ask why so many kids were coughing in the summertime.
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