Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung infection that causes approximately 225,000 hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. each year. Age, certain underlying medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new version of the pneumonia vaccine that specifically targets strains that affect adults helped spur the updated ...

The number of patients treated for pneumonia in 2024 was about 2.98 million, a 2.7-fold increase from 1.11 million in 2023. Pneumonia was on the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of ...

After Pope Francis was hospitalized last week for bronchitis, the Vatican announced that he remains in “critical” condition and suffered an “asthmatic respiratory crisis” on Saturday. Earlier, the ...

Administering vitamin E supplements can significantly reduce pneumonia infection risk among elderly male smokers, according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Interventions in Aging. To ...

Autumn brings a chill in the air—and the start of another season of respiratory illnesses, which can be especially hard for older adults. Although vaccine recommendations have been in flux, the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) Autumn brings a ...