On June 17, Merck received FDA approval for a vaccine designed to protect adults from pneumococcus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious disease, including pneumonia. The conjugate vaccine, ...

Parents have been coughing up lots of questions about whether or not their child who has had a cough and fever for several ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

Dear D.K.: Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a "lower respiratory tract" infection to distinguish it ...

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a “lower respiratory tract” infection. The majority of pneumonias ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children ...

Children in Guatemala who received a common vaccine that helps prevent pneumonia were less likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new study led by Washington State University ...

Walking pneumonia is what it sounds like, a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease ...