Pneumonia is a lung infection that annually impacts millions of people around the globe, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Conner: Tell us about the new recommendations for the pneumonia vaccine.

But preventative vaccines against one specific type of ... generally go away on their own—if the body can fight them off. But any type of pneumonia can be dangerous, particularly in people ...

Pneumonia can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungus. Each of these can cause an immune reaction in the tissues of the ...

Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory illness that can cause serious health problems in children under 8 years old.

At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 97 patients with pneumonia went to the emergency room between September and November, ...

I thankfully was healthy enough to survive my bout with pneumonia, but not everyone does, which is why I am grateful that more Americans are now eligible for vaccines that help prevent the spread ...

The only time I ever had pneumonia was one time when I had a bad case of the flu. Why isn’t he talking about a flu vaccine? I would like to understand the thinking here. Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA ...