Pope Francis recently died at the age of 88 due to complications of double pneumonia, also called bilateral pneumonia. It is an infection of the lungs that occurs in both lungs at the same time.

Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure after battling double pneumonia. Know all about life-threatening illness, what causes it and more. Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and ...

Pneumonia, a serious lung infection, affects millions of Americans each year and can become life-threatening if left untreated. While many dismiss the early symptoms as a routine respiratory ...

Val Kilmer’s death on Tuesday has sparked reminders of the risks of pneumonia. The actor, best known for his role as Iceman in "Top Gun" — along with "Batman Forever," "The Doors" and many ...

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 ...

Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double pneumonia following a respiratory infection. (FILES) Pope Francis stay ...

The condition, which entails pneumonia in both lungs, is potentially grave, according to health experts. By Gina Kolata Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican ...

The Vatican said that the pontiff had pneumonia in both lungs and that he “continued to present a complex picture.” By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis has ...

Her reported cause of death was influenza-induced pneumonia, which can be a mild, severe, or potentially life-threatening acute respiratory infection. In fact, pneumonia was listed as the fourth ...

However, another disease is also quietly rising in number of infections: walking pneumonia. The respiratory infection, while generally mild, can be severe in some cases, especially among young ...

Pneumonia is usually the result of a bacterial or viral infection and you can catch pneumonia from someone who already has it, as you can with the common cold. Pneumonia is an inflammation of the ...

Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterium that can trigger severe respiratory infections, including pneumonia, meningitis, and epiglottitis.