It’s an unfortunate fact that we become more vulnerable to respiratory infections as we get older. Viruses and bugs that we ...

Actress Barbie Hsu’s death from influenza-related pneumonia has thrown the spotlight on this infectious disease complication.

This article will help you to understand the early symptoms of Japanese influenza and how it can lead to pneumonia.

Norovirus is commonly referred to as the stomach flu, stomach bug or as the “cruise ship virus” because it’s often the cause ...

Wintertime unfortunately means cold and flu season. And for the estimated 40 million people who get the flu each year, it can ...

Viruses causing influenza are highly contagious, which spread quickly in the communities and affect the lungs of infected patients. These diseases can cause fever, cough, body aches, and sometimes ...

In light of Pope Francis’ pneumonia diagnosis, Dr. Leana Wen explains why older adults are especially at risk for serious ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is are seeing an increase in cases of the flu. They ask parents to keep any sick ...

“We’re seeing a lot of MRSA pneumonia and really bad MRSA pneumonia after influenza, so what we call necrotizing, where you’re getting a lot of destruction of the lung tissue,” said Dr ...