Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for 7 days is noninferior to treating for 14 days.

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, ...

Electric currents can affect bacteria at levels too small to harm (or even hurt) humans, which gave medical researchers an ...

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

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

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

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

If you've fallen or had a recent blow to your rib area, that could be to blame. "Overuse or injury to the muscles in the ...

Most pediatricians are aware of the more common causes of chronic cough, but sometimes unexpected cases come along that ...

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to ...

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

Whooping cough is another word for pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes intense coughing fits, ...