A virus long dismissed as a scientific oddity has been found hiding in plain sight, and it may help fight dangerous bacteria, ...

Each year, an estimated 150,000 people in the United States are hospitalized due to pneumococcal pneumonia, the most common form of bacterial pneumonia.

Pope Francis, who had part of his lung removed as a young man, recently spent several weeks hospital due to a respiratory ...

The man had been dealing with a persistent cough and sought medical attention after over-the-counter medication failed to ...

Some assume pneumonia is an inevitable consequence of ageing, while others may not realise they are at risk, says infectious ...

POPE Francis has died at the age of 88 after a “complex” battle with double pneumonia. The leader of the Roman Catholic ...

He was admitted to the hospital in February after he had difficulty breathing. His respiratory tract infection and chronic ...

Bronchitis is a condition in which the airways in your lungs, called the Trachea and the Bronchi, get inflamed and fill with ...

Pneumonia symptoms are usually more severe than bronchitis, and pneumonia usually looks more like a body-wide infection with a fever or chills. Both pneumonia and bronchitis can develop from ...

Pope Francis passed away at 88 due to complications from bilateral pneumonia, a severe lung infection affecting both lungs.

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial infection. Unlike some illnesses, developing pneumococcal disease once does not protect against getting it again. Symptoms of ...