Dr. Harris says the infection is “very treatable” with antibiotics, and advised parents to skip over-the-counter cough medicine Cases of atypical pneumonia (also known as “walking pneumonia") — which ...

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 ...

Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of a recent increase in cases of "walking pneumonia" what are the symptoms to watch for? The CDC reported earlier this month that bacterial ...

With fall here and winter in sight, it’s slowly getting more chilly. You know what that means—more illnesses getting passed around bacteria and viruses have started to pass from person to person. That ...

Cases of atypical pneumonia (also known as “walking pneumonia") — which is a lung infection caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae — are on the rise in the U.S., with children’s cases rising so ...

The number of emergency department visits for pneumonia more than doubled last fall over the previous year, the Canadian ...

More than 900,000 Americans become infected with pneumonia each year, and walking pneumonia (also called atypical pneumonia) is on the rise in the United States, especially in children. It’s important ...

ST CHARLES, Mo. — Urgent care doctors in Missouri have seen a concerning trend in recent pneumonia cases: more children are coming in suffering from the dangerous lung infection. Dr. Molly Spire with ...

An expert tells PEOPLE how to manage the “highly infectious” form of pneumonia, including antibiotics and a home remedy for coughing Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has ...