Parents have been coughing up lots of questions about whether or not their child who has had a cough and fever for several ...

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 ...

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 ...

Winter brings flu and pneumonia risks. Doctors share tips on testing, symptoms, and self-care to keep you healthy this season ...

Dear D.K.: Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a "lower respiratory tract" infection to distinguish it ...

Pneumonia in children has a high mortality rate. Here are the seven signs that parents need to watch out for and learn when ...

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 ...

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a “lower respiratory tract” infection. The majority of pneumonias ...

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.