Doctors say they are seeing a significant uptick in the amount of people, especially children, with the bacterial infection.

I t’s cold and flu season, but cases of pneumonia seem to be popping up everywhere too. The CDC has stated that cases of ...

It is not the COVID-19 virus—and it’s not bronchitis—but it can be just as contagious and bring along similar symptoms, and ...

Walking pneumonia has been on the rise nationwide, mainly among kids. The bacteria can linger for weeks, but is treatable ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection and/or inflammation of the air sacs of one or both lungs. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can ...

The bacteria generally causes a mild respiratory illness, although it can sometimes worsen into pneumonia. If it does, it ...

Dr. Zach Willis with UNC Children's explains the national rise in bacterial pneumonia cases and what parents can do to keep ...

Taking antibiotics while ill with the flu may increase the risk of developing bacterial pneumonia, according to new findings from researchers at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. Researchers found that ...

Sedgwick County is expecting a rise of respiratory viruses, just as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports a ...

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a “highly contagious acute respiratory illness” that starts with mild symptoms, ...

Pneumonia is a broad term used to describe inflammation of the airways caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection. Walking pneumonia describes a milder subset of the condition caused by the ...

State health officials are monitoring increasing cases of whooping cough and pneumonia.Children and adolescents are primarily ...