Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the Centers for ...

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 ...

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.

Pneumonia is a Streptococcus pneumoniae (commonly known as "strep") bacterial infection, which is usually in your lungs. It can also be caused by the flu virus, the common cold virus, or a fungal ...

Pneumonia typically occurs when a person acquires a viral, bacterial, or fungal lung infection. A cough is a common symptom of pneumonia. However, a person can have the condition without a cough.

Cold and flu season can leave many of us walking around in misery -- and most times we can chalk it up to the common cold. But according to Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Dan Allan, what we think is a common ...

Most people who get COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms like coughing, a fever, and shortness of breath. But some who catch COVID-19 get severe pneumonia in both lungs. COVID-19 pneumonia is a ...

Infections with the illness known as "walking pneumonia" or "white lung pneumonia" have been spreading at unusually high levels in young kids, emergency room data suggests, a year after a surge of ...