Chlamydia pneumoniae—a common bacterium that causes pneumonia and sinus infections—can linger in the eye and brain for years ...

Winter Is Peak Season for Childhood Pneumonia: These Symptoms Should Send Parents to the Doctor Pneumonia is one of the most common yet serious lung infections in children and many parents don’t ...

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 ...

A simple sip of water can turn life-threatening, leading to aspiration pneumonia when liquid enters the lungs instead of the stomach. This condition, often caused by bacteria in aspirated material, ...

Pneumonia is one of the world’s deadliest yet most preventable infectious diseases. Every year, it claims the lives of over one lakh children under the age of five in India, more than any other single ...

With vaccine sales on the decline across the industry, these are tough times for Merck to launch its new pneumococcal shot Capvaxive. But in the third quarter, the company recorded encouraging sales ...

University of Virginia provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Autumn brings a chill in the air – and the start of another season of respiratory illnesses, which can be especially hard ...

A new vaccine for pneumococcal disease will be tested under an international trial aiming to provide greater protection to babies against the common infection that causes pneumonia, sinusitis and ...

A new vaccine for pneumococcal disease will be tested under an international trial aiming to provide greater protection to babies against the common infection that causes pneumonia, sinusitis and ...

The death of actor and leading man Val Kilmer is a stark reminder of how one of the most common lung infections in the country can turn deadly. Pneumonia causes more than a million hospitalizations ...