Understanding the difference between bacterial and viral pneumonia can help you get a proper diagnosis and determine which treatment you need. Bacterial and viral pneumonia have similar symptoms ...

Walking, or atypical, pneumonia, is a mild form of pneumonia that often resembles a cold. You may not have a high fever and ...

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Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

The bacteria Legionella can survive in water systems for years and can cause acute and chronic illness: In 2014-15, it was blamed for at least 12 deaths in the Flint water crisis in Michigan, and as ...

Medicare Advantage plans, sometimes called Part C, also cover the pneumonia vaccine. Pneumococcal vaccines can prevent common bacterial infections from Streptococcus pneumoniae. There are two ...

These guidelines suggest evaluation, therapy, and work-up of pneumonia patients based upon patient- specific risk factors, age and site of treatment. Pneumococcal species are the most common ...

BOWLING GREEN, KY.- In the past week, the Kentucky Department of Public Health reported a sharp increase in flu cases, especially among children. Norton Children’s pediatricians have observed a local ...

Clinically, the features of acute bacterial pneumonia present no differently among gravid and nonpregnant patients. Hopwood [8] reported that among 23 pregnant patients who developed pneumonia ...

Recent winter chills and freezing temperatures caught many by surprise and also risked the health of many. The flu is ...