A new flu treatment could drastically reduce one of flu's deadliest complications—bacterial pneumonia—by helping the lungs ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways Pneumonia can be contagious if caused by viruses or ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than half (44%) of eligible respondents said they planned to get a pneumococcal vaccine; fewer than one in four (24%) said ...

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 ...