Westlife singer Mark Feehily has confirmed that he will miss the band’s forthcoming tour dates after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The 42-year-old singer was forced to pull out of recent shows in ...

Though M. pneumoniae is estimated to infect as much as 1% of the US population each year, the CDC issued an alert this fall noting that infections increased in late spring (across all age groups but ...

Pneumonia and lung cancer present similar symptoms like cough and chest pain. Pneumonia is a rapid infection, while lung cancer involves slow cell growth. Understanding these differences is vital for ...

Your chest is tight, and at times, it’s hard to catch your breath. You wheeze or cough so hard that your sides soon ache. You’re so tired, it’s as if all the blood has drained from your body. A fever ...

Pneumonia is a broad term for a common lung infection typically caused by bacteria or viruses. The illness can also be a complication of the flu. When something like bacteria, for example, gets into ...

Pediatric pneumonia outbreaks in Ohio and Massachusetts are not linked to respiratory illness upticks in China or elsewhere – and they’re not the result of a novel virus, health officials stressed ...

Pneumonia is an infection that affects one or both lungs. The disease can range from mild to severe and can be fatal. It is typically ...

With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.

A bacterial infection known as walking pneumonia is on the rise in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned. Cases are particularly high among young children.

Pneumonia is an infection in one or both of the lungs. It’s most often caused by bacteria — specifically Streptococcus pneumoniae — but it can also be caused by a viral or fungal infection. Pneumonia ...