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 ...

Climate change can worsen the symptoms of pneumonia, warns a doctor, adding that increased levels of suspended particulate ...

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

As the cold weather moves in, doctors are sounding the alarm over near-record-level pneumonia cases across the country and ...

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 ...

Federal and state health officials tell CBS News they are tracking an increase of infections with the illness known as ...

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, ...