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 ...

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a type of bacteria ...

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 ...

Linda Yancey, MD, is a board-certified physician in infectious disease and internal medicine with over two decades of experience practicing in Texas. She completed her residency at Mayo Clinic in ...

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 ...

New Jersey is seeing a larger number of cases of walking pneumonia, especially among children, just as influenza, COVID and other respiratory diseases are expected to begin their seasonal rise, health ...

The temperature is dropping, and rates of a whole host of respiratory illnesses are doing the opposite. Among them is so-called walking pneumonia, a relatively mild form of pneumonia that has been ...

Walking pneumonia surged in Kansas City this fall — and the spike isn’t over yet. This disease is an informal name for a more mild form of pneumonia. The illness causes cold-like symptoms and most ...

As both a mom and a pediatrician, my son’s illness reminded me of how tricky walking pneumonia can be. It’s sneaky, often presenting like a mild respiratory illness, but capable of lingering and ...

Editor's note: After 38 days of hospitalization, Pope Francis returned to his Vatican residence to continue his recovery from double pneumonia. On April 21, 2025, he died at the age of 88. Pope ...