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 — an infection of one or both of your lungs — can leave you coughing, feverish and feeling miserable. And sometimes, it can land you in the hospital struggling to breathe. While the rate of ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways Pneumonia coughs are usually deeper and louder than regular coughs.A pneumonia cough often brings up mucus, which can be green, yellow, or ...

Infections from a bacteria that commonly causes "walking pneumonia" have been on the rise this year, according to information ...

Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the Centers for ...

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

If you’ve had a lingering cough recently, there is a chance the culprit wasn’t Covid-19, flu or RSV, but mycoplasma pneumoniae. Levels of this milder lung infection—which can lead to “walking ...

Asian flu faced U.S. disease detectives with a puzzle last week. The nation’s big-city health departments were noting an upsurge in deaths due to influenza and pneumonia (meaning, mostly, pneumonia as ...