Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection that annually impacts millions of people around the globe, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Pneumonia can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungus. Each of these can cause an immune reaction in the tissues of the ...

For the 2024 fall respiratory season, Northeast Texas has seen similar trends for RSV and the flu as past years and low COVID ...

FOX 17 spoke with an infectious disease doctor about what types of illnesses are going around in West Michigan.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Ian Kane about an increase in cases of walking pneumonia in S.C. children. Dr. Kane is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a Pediatric Emergency physician at ...

Health officials at a St. Petersburg elementary school are investigating the death of kindergarten teacher Katherine ...

Walking pneumonia is a milder form of pneumonia, usually caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, that can cause ...

What is syncope in children? Syncope is a brief loss of consciousness and ... However, many different problems can cause a decrease in blood flow to the brain. Some causes of syncope include: ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a surge in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections—commonly called ...

Invasive pneumonia causes approximately 3,000 deaths in the ... The U.S. began routinely vaccinating children against S. pneumoniae in 2000, successfully decreasing the spread of types covered ...