Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung infection that causes approximately 225,000 hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. each year. Age, certain underlying medical ...

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, ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

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 ...

Cases of "walking pneumonia" — a milder form of the lung infection pneumonia — have spiked in the United States, particularly among young children. Bacterial infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, one ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2019 and 2023, there was a 460% increase in drug-resistant bacteria.

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

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 ...

The CDC reports there’s been an increase in cases of “walking pneumonia” among young children, which is sure to have some parents concerned. “Right now, we are seeing a lot of all different types of ...

Dear Doctors: I just turned 57, and my doctor is now saying that I should get vaccinated for pneumonia. The only time I ever had pneumonia was one time when I had a bad case of the flu. Why isn’t he ...