Of 9036 patients included in this PMS, 1467 had a primary diagnosis of CAP. A total of 752 (51.3%) patients with CAP were male and 694 (47.3%) were female. Information regarding gender was missing for ...

Airway bacteria like Streptococcus oralis may boost immunity, reducing pneumonia severity and viral loads, new research shows ...

This study was a prospective, non-controlled, non-interventional multicentre study. Data collection was carried out by hospital-based physicians throughout Germany during the observation period from ...

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

Only people with certain health conditions or those over 65 need the pneumonia vaccine. The pneumonia vaccines protect against the most serious types that often make people very sick.

For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the recommended age for those who should get a pneumococcal vaccine — down to 50, from 65. "Lowering the age for ...

Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious ...