Underlying causes of recurrent pneumonia in children have changed in the last decade, indicating a need for individualized diagnostic approaches.

Medically reviewed by Jenny Sweigard, MD Key Takeaways Pneumonia is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or inhaling foreign ...

Study of over 600,000 people finds genetic differences influencing pneumonia risk across age, immunity, and smoking behaviour ...

SALT LAKE CITY – With the chill of winter comes a spike in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which spreads more easily as people retreat indoors and come into close contact. The lung infection ...

Telling pneumonia and lung cancer apart can be difficult because both conditions target the lungs and often produce similar symptoms, such as persistent cough, chest pain, and fatigue. Despite these ...

Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can make breathing difficult and, in some cases, become life-threatening. It happens when the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid or pus. Each year, about ...

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 ...

Infections of mycoplasma pneumoniae, also known as “walking pneumonia,” are on the rise in the United States, particularly among children, according to recently released data from the Centers for ...

Pneumonia that fails to respond to treatment is a common problem. Although quantification of the frequency of this problem is difficult, approximately 15% of pulmonary consultations and 8% of ...

Fungal testing in outpatient community-acquired pneumonia was uncommon, and few tested patients were diagnosed with ...

With the colder months arriving, many parents are seeing headlines about rising cases of viral pneumonia among young children. As a parent, even a minor cough or sniffle can set off worry, especially ...