Following the recent diagnosis of Boris Johnson's wife with pneumonia, doctors have wanted that it is due to bacterial ...

The NHS has been inundated with serious flu cases as more than 5,000 people a day require hospital treatment, and one doctor ...

As cold and flu season continues, the last thing you want to deal with is pneumonia. Fortunately, there are many steps you ...

Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R). Centre for Infection, Immunity ...

So, you want to get rid of your chest congestion? Here’s how experts suggest you loosen and clear mucus from your chest ASAP. Start by staying well hydrated—drink hot liquids like your ...

BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China's diseases control authority said on Friday that it was piloting a monitoring system for pneumonia of unknown origin, with cases of some respiratory diseases ...

A sputum culture may be ordered but is also problematic as contamination from other pathogens in the mouth (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) is common. While blood cultures are sometimes ordered, ...

It is the common term for atypical or a mild form of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes airways to swell, the air sacs in your lungs to fill with mucus and other fluids and a high ...

This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also warning about a particular type of pneumonia infection. Infections ...