Infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the bacteria that can cause walking pneumonia, are common, with about 2 million cases in the United States every year; they typically affect youths age 5 to 17. But from March to October this year, the CDC found that ...

The Centers for Disease Control has issued an alert due to an upswing – most noticeably in pediatric cases – of mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Doctors are seeing a rise in the number of children falling sick with “walking pneumonia,” and cases could continue to climb. As colder months approach, the number of respiratory illnesses in children tend to go up.