Pneumonia symptoms can seem as mild as the flu, but they vary based on the cause and severity of the lung infection. Knowing the various signs and symptoms of pneumonia can help you seek early ...

As a medical oncologist, Dr. Michael Grant’s patients fall into this group. He spoke with us about how he protects his patients from pneumonia and what he suggests when they have unexplained symptoms.

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 ...

THE number of people requiring emergency hospital care for crippling pneumonia has soared 25 per cent in just two years, ...

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 ...

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a type of bacteria ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of mild respiratory illness, sometimes referred to as "walking pneumonia." Symptom onset is "typically gradual," the CDC says. It can include fever, a cough, ...

It started with what seemed like a run-of-the-mill cold. My three-year-old had a cough that wouldn’t go away, a fever that barely counted as one, and he stopped sleeping through the night. As a ...

We had our cold snap and it seemed like everyone was sneezing and coughing last week. And more cool weather is on the way. So ...

Diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms are less common but possible if you have pneumonia, or are taking medications for this lung infection. Pneumonia is an infection that causes inflammation ...

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.