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 ...

Autumn brings a chill in the air—and the start of another season of respiratory illnesses, which can be especially hard for ...

Researchers have found more evidence for the link between pneumonia and heart failure, as they found proof Streptococcus pneumoniae physically damages the heart. The bacterium, which is the leading ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Although they are similar, pneumonia often causes more severe symptoms than bronchitis. You can take antibiotics to treat bacterial pneumonia, but they do not ...

The U.S. may or may not be headed for a “tripledemic” scenario like it saw last year—one in which three main pathogens drive up illnesses, hospitalizations, and general misery. The term "tripledemic" ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers from Germany conducted a population-based surveillance study to ascertain the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers in Spain performed a systematic review of pneumolysin (PLY) toxin as a molecular target to develop novel therapeutics against ...

The Liverpool-based Infection Innovation Consortium: iiCON, and partners have launched the first human challenge trial for a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease, marking a key milestone in a global ...

A new study reveals how resistance to bacteraemic pneumonia is provided by a unique subset of lung T regulatory cells. A new study by University of Liverpool researchers reveals how resistance to ...