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 ...

Adults who are admitted to the hospital are often inappropriately diagnosed with — and treated for — pneumonia, new research suggests. These misdiagnosed adults almost always receive a full course of ...

Pneumonia vaccines help prevent invasive pneumococcal diseases. People should get a pneumonia shot at least once in their life. The type of shot will depend on a person’s age and health status.

While pneumonia, an infection in the lungs, itself isn’t contagious, the viruses and bacteria that cause it often are. People with weakened immune systems may be at a greater risk from contagious ...

Pneumonia is an infection that causes inflammation in your lungs. The main causes of pneumonia are bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses. This article is about viral pneumonia. Viral pneumonia is a ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 17: An elderly patient lies in a bed at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Marzahn district on June 17, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The UKB hospital has among the most ...

Pneumonia is a severe condition that occurs as the result of a lung infection. Pneumonia that occurs during pregnancy is called maternal pneumonia. In many people, pneumonia begins with a common cold ...

Pneumonia is one of the most common yet serious lung infections in children and many parents don’t realise how quickly it can escalate. As winter chills set in and sniffles turn into coughs, ...

Which microbiological test, or group of tests, can aid decision making around safely reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in people with suspected pneumonia, community or hospital-acquired?