As its name implies, walking pneumonia is a kind of pneumonia (an infection where the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid ...

As we march into the heart of respiratory virus season, here's what to know about what's circulating throughout the state.

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

Walking pneumonia differs from other respiratory infections like flu or cold because it quickly settles in the chest and can ...

Cases of pneumococcal diseases - a spectrum of bacterial infections young children are at risk of contracting - have surged ...

GPN Vaccines, formerly GPN Vaccines, is a clinical-stage company focused on creating vaccines that offer robust protection against bacterial pathogens. It develops vaccines to protect adults and ...

Rates of invasive pneumococcal disease are at their highest levels since 2004. While more effective vaccines have been ...

Pneumococcal outbreak worst in 20 yearsRollout of new generation vaccines must begin nowRates of pneumococcal disease – a life-threatening bacterial ...

while pneumonia can be caused by bacteria like streptococcus pneumoniae, hemophilus influenzae, Legionella pneumophila, or viruses such as influenza, the cold virus, or RSV. Doctors can test for ...