Merck's pneumococcal vaccine showed strong immune responses in children and teens who are at higher risk of serious illness ...

An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

Researchers performed a retrospective analysis to investigate how hospitals adhere to the national guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia and found only 27 percent of pediatric patients were ...

Most children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia can reach clinical stability within 24 hours. Those who are older or possibly dehydrated tend to have longer recovery times, a new study ...

Children with uncomplicated pneumonia should be treated with shorter courses of antibiotics after updated NICE guidance was ...

If you or your kid has a cough that's been lingering, keep reading. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are surging across the U.S., especially among ...

Antibiotic don’t necessarily improve outcomes for children discharged from the emergency department who are suspected of having pneumonia, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Researchers ...

The Australian government announced last week there's a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease on the National Immunization ...

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

Clinicians often face uncertainty about whether they can rely on a negative chest x-ray (CXR) to rule out pneumonia in a child, even when other clinical signs and symptoms may have raised that concern ...

Merck's pneumococcal vaccine triggered immune responses in children and teens who are at higher risk of serious illness in a ...

If you or your kid has a cough that's been lingering, keep reading. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are surging across the U.S., especially among ...