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 ...

Study findings suggest BMI may be crucial in the prognosis and optimal management of CAP among patients with NTM-PD.

Several states are reporting an uptick in lung infections in young children caused by a common bacteria. In previous years, most pneumonia or acute bronchitis infections caused by M. pneumoniae were ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing pneumonia, viral upper respiratory infections and an increase in cases of herpangina, which causes a high fever and sores in the mouth and throat.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of a recent increase in cases of "walking pneumonia" what are the symptoms to watch for? The CDC reported earlier this month that bacterial ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes mild illness in most children and adults. However, pneumonia can be serious, requiring treatment and sometimes hospitalization. Rarely, for people at high risk ...

As we enter the time of year when more illnesses start to circulate, pneumonia in kids is causing some concern. “We’re slowly seeing more cases of pneumonia coming to the hospital, which suggests ...

An Ohio county is experiencing a pediatric outbreak of pneumonia, including a number of cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, the illness that has driven recent outbreaks among children in Denmark and China.