Chronic respiratory diseases substantially magnify pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive disease risk, with especially high CAP ...

It doesn’t always receive the same attention as the flu, COVID-19, RSV or measles, but pneumonia can be serious and even life ...

In older adults unvaccinated against influenza, statin initiation was linked to fewer hospital diagnoses of pneumonia and ...

Chronic lung diseases are often accelerated and exacerbated by polymicrobial infections. An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis. They display ...

Doctors say there's a new wave of COVID cases sweeping across the county, and a growing number of people are sick with colds.

Respiratory tract infections are common childhood illnesses. They can spread easily through the air we breathe or via our hands. You can treat most symptoms at home while the body clears the infection ...

Bacterial biofilm infections are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among patients with cystic fibrosis or those with weakened immune systems. Treatment for biofilm infections usually ...

Lung infections like pneumonia are among the world’s top killers — but diagnosing them is notoriously hard. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have found a way to identify these infections in ...

A new study meticulously sampled different lung regions in people with cystic fibrosis to understand why infections persist after new treatments. The research report was published in Cell Host & ...

Adenotonsillectomy (ATE) is associated with increased odds of hospital visits due to upper and lower respiratory tract ...

Researchers in South Korea have developed an artificial lung with an ultra-thin hydrogel membrane that mimics the movement of ...