Pneumonia and lung cancer present similar symptoms like cough and chest pain. Pneumonia is a rapid infection, while lung ...

The common lung infection can range from mild to life-threatening. Here’s how to recognize it and when to seek care.

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more than 41,000 adult deaths in the United States. Worldwide, more than one ...

In children, pneumonia often manifests dramatically and progresses rapidly; among older adults, it may appear quietly yet ...

Researchers have found more evidence for the link between pneumonia and heart failure, as they found proof Streptococcus pneumoniae physically damages the heart. The bacterium, which is the leading ...

A meta-analysis identifies immunosuppression and chronic kidney disease as carrying the highest risk for invasive ...

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Researchers have found a further reason for the severity of dual infection by influenza and Streptococcus pneumonia -- a new virulence mechanism for a surface protein on the pneumonia-causing bacteria ...