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Walking pneumonia cases are surging among young children in the United States, federal health officials warn.

According to the CDC, respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have increased in the U.S. over the ...

Acute bronchitis is most often caused by a viral infection, which antibiotics can't treat. But if your doctor thinks a bacterial infection caused your bronchitis, they may recommend antibiotics.

A mystery surrounding the beluga whale that captured global attention with rumors of espionage has finally been resolved. Known as “Hvaldimir,” the 14-foot-long 2,000 pound whale was found dead in ...

Bronchitis may be contagious depending on what's causing it. It can be contagious for several days to a week or more when the cause is bacterial or viral. Infected saliva, respiratory droplets from a ...

Acute chest syndrome is a serious complication of sickle cell disease. It involves symptoms like chest pain, cough, or fever and can be life threatening if not treated promptly. Sickle cell ...

The patient with the co-infection had no previous negative test result for SARS-CoV-2 that would ascertain the duration of the infection; nevertheless, the viral sequences indicated an acute infection ...

Asthmatic bronchitis is usually acute and will go away after several days. If you still have symptoms after a week, you may have a bacterial infection or other lung condition. You can treat asthmatic ...

We estimated all-age and age-specific deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to and associated with bacterial AMR for 22 pathogens, 84 pathogen–drug combinations, and 11 ...