During the peak of his Magnum, P.I. fame, Selleck even took a self-imposed break from acting, fueled by his daughter being hospitalized for viral pneumonia when she was a toddler. "I got off that ...

Between 1936 and 1945, pneumonia death rates in the United States dropped approximately 40 percent with the greater availability of antibiotics. The more common viral pneumonia usually diminishes ...

If you have bacterial pneumonia, you'll remain contagious until you've been on antibiotics for 24 to 48 hours. If you have viral pneumonia, you will be contagious until your symptoms subside.

Pope Francis, 88, has been diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia amid pre-existing lung conditions like bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis. His condition is complicated by a polymicrobial ...