It can be easy to shrug off a cough, especially during cold and flu season. Butwhen it’s accompanied by other respiratory symptoms and becomes increasingly severe or long lasting, it could signal a ...

Think your cough is just a passing nuisance? Think again! A cough that lingers or worsens could be a silent signal of ...

Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

Thanks to a COVID therapy reserved for only the worst lung injuries, he pulled through and can spend the holidays with his family.

Here are the 7 early warning signs of pneumonia to watch for on World Pneumonia Day 2025 and protect your health before it worsens.

For the unversed, Pneumonia is a lung infection in which the tiny air-sacs (alveoli) become inflamed and fill with fluid or ...

Respiratory illnesses like walking pneumonia and whooping cough are continuing to spread, doctors say, with notable increases of walking pneumonia happening in young age groups. Walking pneumonia has ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Seasonal sickness among children is on the rise and may be severe for the youngest in your home. The CDC reports cases of whooping cough and walking pneumonia have risen ...

Pneumonia continues to be a silent killer. It reportedly claims over 2.5 million lives every year worldwide. One of the main symptoms of pneumonia is cough. But we are living in a time and age, where ...

Winter is here, and so are the array of respiratory illnesses. During this season, people tend to catch colds and coughs more frequently. But have you ever wondered, could these simple, recurring cold ...

Infections happen year-round, but peak whooping cough season lasts from late summer through fall. Pertussis is a cyclical disease, meaning it might spread widely through a community and then disappear ...

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 ...