A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine names 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities as top priorities for new vaccine development. The WHO study is ...

Walking pneumonia has been on the rise nationwide, mainly among kids. The bacteria can linger for weeks, but is treatable ...

This infectious respiratory illness is on the rise, especially among children. Here's what parents need to know.

Adults 50 and older can now get the shot, as rates of the illness climb. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

"There are vaccines to protect against certain types of pneumonia caused by Streptococcus bacteria. Although these vaccines ...

Cases of walking pneumonia, a milder form of lung infection, are surging across the US, particularly impacting young children ...

Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae have been evolving with the widespread use of antibiotics and the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV).

This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.(AP) Doctors in North Texas say ...

“Many germs can cause pneumonia. The most common are bacteria and viruses in the air we breathe,” including the bacteria ...

The NANASP, along with the National Hispanic Council on Aging and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, recently ...

The World Health Organization has spotlighted 17 pathogens for groundbreaking vaccine development, emphasizing diseases like ...