Due to the inherent ambiguity in medical images like X-rays, radiologists often use words like "may" or "likely" when ...

The Greek physician Hippocrates described the symptoms of pneumonia 2,400 years ago. But this affliction of the lungs still kills more people in the United States than any other infectious disease ...

Pneumonia causes more than a million hospitalizations and about 50,000 deaths each year, according to the American Lung Association. The infection can impact one or both lungs, causing ...

As with any pathology, it is essential to consider the context in which disease occurs. Infections exist within the milieu of the patient, choice of antibiotic, epidemiology and resistance profiles.

Pneumonia can start from more than 300 different kinds of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, but a specific bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae was responsible for much of last year's surge. This ...

When complications of pneumonia do develop in the pregnant ... needs to maintain a high index of suspicion for any pulmonary pathology in the pregnant woman. Often she will stay home and not ...

She passed away at just 48 years old from flu-induced pneumonia. Multiple local and international outlets, including Focus Taiwan and BBC, reported that Barbie contracted the flu during Lunar New ...

The actor, known for his roles in 'Batman' and 'Top Gun', died of pneumonia. Pneumonia is an inflammatory disease that affects the lungs, mainly the alveoli, which are the air sacs. These become ...

Pope Francis will be released from hospital on Sunday after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both lungs that ...