The two most important measles complications to know about are pneumonia, affecting the lungs, and brain swelling known as ...

Cailyn Newman and Sonny Campbell died within eight hours of each other at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on ...

Cailyn Newman died a month before she would have turned two and her death in the emergency department happened less than ...

The National Vaccine Institute has approved a move to allow Provincial Administrative Organisations (PAOs) to buy influenza ...

Expert doctors in infectious disease and lung health speak to the transmissibility of walking pneumonia and more infection ...

Two people have died from Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper East Region between January 1, 2025, and ...

Pneumonia infects millions of people every year. Cases of this highly contagious lung infection surged across all age groups ...

A bout of pneumonia happens in four stages: congestion, red hepatization, grey hepatization, and resolution. The names of each stage refer to how the infection progresses over time. The initial ...

Post-obstructive pneumonia is an infection in the lung caused by a blockage in one of the airways. The infection happens when mucus and fluids in the lung become trapped behind the blockage. Nearly ...

Using an accurate genomic biomarker signature as a means to identify hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp-p), authors perform a longitudinal cohort study to provide insight into the clinical ...

Researchers use a unique barcoding system to track K. pneumoniae bacteria as it moved throughout the body. Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body's immune defenses.

Strep throat is a painful infection with Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) bacteria. Doctors sometimes refer to this type of bacteria as “group A strep.” According to the Centers for ...