Monsoon brings welcome relief but also triggers respiratory health issues like cold, flu, asthma and pneumonia, due to high ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) now advises against using antibiotics for COVID-19 patients without confirmed bacterial ...

With the school year starting, parents are working to protect their children from viral infections through vaccination.

John C. Hu, MD, PhD, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is a co-senior ...

Hu says the study offered important insights into how different viral infections affect the risk of secondary bacterial pneumonia. “Since COVID-19 does not appear to increase this risk the way ...

The seasonal influenza virus causes respiratory complications, affecting the lungs. It spreads quickly in communities and can ...

Signs that your pneumonia is improving include reduced fever and improved breathing. Learn more about the recovery timeline ...

The rainy season poses health risks for infants and young children due to higher humidity, rapid growth of bacteria and ...

Opinion: The measles virus, for example, leaves people vulnerable to bacterial infectionsthat require antibiotics — and every ...

Individuals with a history of cancer may benefit from taking precautions against respiratory viruses, such as vaccination, ...

Measles is a viral infection, so antibiotics don’t treat it directly. But it weakens the immune system, leading to bacterial infections like pneumonia or ear infections, which do require antibiotics.

A simplified LAMP method for pneumonia pathogen detection offers a rapid, cost-effective solution for low-resource settings, ...