Pneumonia can quickly become serious, especially for older adults and those with chronic health conditions. Mitzi Pacheco, ...

For the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th, pneumonia was a leading cause of death that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Sir William Osler – usually considered the ...

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is sometimes called a “lower respiratory tract” infection to distinguish it from ...

Cases of so-called "walking pneumonia" are spiking across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted. The highly contagious infection has primarily affected young ...

MRSA is a form of staph bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics typically used to treat bacterial infections. When an MRSA infection travels through the bloodstream, it can reach organs like ...

After being hospitalized for three months with COVID-19 and double pneumonia in 2020, Houston police officer Hito Bazan awoke one morning to discover that he couldn't talk, eat, walk, or most ...

Nashville singer-songwriter Todd Snider died Nov. 14, a day after after friends and family announced the Americana and country music singer, 59, had been diagnosed with walking pneumonia. According to ...

Both RSV and rhinovirus are viruses that typically lead to common and mild infections. The majority of the time, symptoms of both resolve on their own in about a week. However, either can lead to ...