Imagine trying to settle into a new home while constantly being attacked. That's what the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, ...

Researchers at Intermountain Health have been awarded a $356,000 grant from Merck, a global science and technology company ...

The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held this year from Oct. 16 to 19 in Los Angeles, ...

Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) often occurs as a complication of upper respiratory ... and 3 later required an antibiotic. Conclusions: AOM is a spectrum of infection that may present ...

Student Health reports higher cases of respiratory infections this season, including a few cases of pertussis — also known as ...

An important message for parents, doctors are warning against an unusually high numbers of cases of a respiratory illness – ...

Whooping cough cases have nearly quadrupled nationwide since last year, and Oklahoma is seeing those impacts. Here's what you ...

The number of people that have been diagnosed with a pneumonia-causing bacteria has increased over the past six months. Older ...

An international team of researchers has found that an antibiotic commonly prescribed for patients with liver disease, called rifaximin, has led to the global emergence of an almost untreatable form ...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a new technology that can hold an entire course of antibiotics in ...

Uptake of the pneumococcal and flu vaccines remain worryingly low among people with health conditions such as lung disease. Once bacterial pneumonia is diagnosed, antibiotic treatment should be ...