It’s common for people over 60 to have pneumonia-causing bacteria, and contact with preschool and young children seems to be an important factor linked to the transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae ...

Often it is the chemical structure of individual bacterial cells that enables them to resist the onslaught of antibiotics. If, for example, a patient fails to take a full course of antibiotics, ...

It started with a cough that wouldn’t go away. Before she knew it, Karyne Jones was hospitalized with pneumonia in January 2018. Even after the bacteria cleared her body, it took her three months to ...

Now, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a bacterial enzyme that may be ...

Spending time with grandkids offers many health benefits, like keeping us socially connected, physically active, and cognitively sharp. But, according to new research, being around grandchildren has ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection that can lead to serious complications in children. The illness may present differently in children than it does in adults. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused ...

Vaccine Effectiveness Pneumococcal vaccination in children significantly reduces invasive disease (one study showed it reduced invasive disease by 97%), as well as ear infections and pneumonia.

Patients receive treatment for dengue fever in Dhaka's Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. More than 1,000 people have died this year in Bangladesh's worst ...

A community’s survival often depends on communication between individuals, enabling them to share strategies to overcome stress and threats. Bacteria are no different. To survive in the face of their ...