Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can make breathing difficult and, in some cases, become life-threatening. It happens when the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid or pus. Each year, about ...

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 ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracing an upsurge of a bacteria linked to a recent rise in respiratory infections in young children, according a news release. Since late spring, CDC ...

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton died age 79 following a pneumonia infection last weekend, her family said Wednesday. The Hollywood star, who had battled skin cancer for several decades, experienced ...

Taking antibiotics while ill with the flu may increase the risk of developing bacterial pneumonia, according to new findings from researchers at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. Researchers found that ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Intensive care units at Cleveland-area hospitals have been at near capacity for weeks, and part of the reason may be a surge in pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses. The number ...