Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious ...

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 ...

Not all medical conditions have names that spell out their meaning, but "walking pneumonia" seems to be an exception. Walking pneumonia is a nonmedical term for a mild form of pneumonia. While a more ...

There are apparently three subtypes of severe pneumonia, according to new research reported in Nature Communications. Pneumonia is a common infection around the world. It can lead to hospitalization, ...