Highlights Walking pneumonia is a milder form of regular pneumonia. It can be contagious when caused by specific bacteria or viruses. Those at higher risk include the elderly, young children, and ...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have worked on a UCL-led study that illustrates efforts to reduce child ...

The study authors say flu or RSV may increase the risk of S pneumoniae infection by damaging the bronchi and lung epithelium, ...

The company's "next-generation" COVID-19 vaccine, mNexspike, was approved for adults 65 and older and younger people at risk ...

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Pneumonia is a contagious lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. It spreads through respiratory droplets, with ...

Schools have been forced to close across Greece due to bacterial infections that have triggered widespread panic among ...

A new antibiotic that has the potential to save millions of lives has entered its last phase of human testing. Swiss ...

The cause of the disease also determines whether pneumonia is contagious or not. The viral forms of it that are most ...

More information: Niels Vander Elst et al, Bacteriophage-derived endolysins restore antibiotic susceptibility in β-lactam- and macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, Molecular ...

Pneumonia is a Streptococcus pneumoniae (commonly known as "strep") bacterial infection, which is usually in your lungs. It can also be caused by the flu virus, the common cold virus, or a fungal ...

“One notorious polymicrobial combination is influenza followed by a bacterial infection like Streptococcus pneumoniae — the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia — or Staph aureus ...