Pattern Bioscience, an innovator in rapid diagnostic technologies for bacterial infections, today announced that more than 1,000 samples have been enrolled in its ongoing multi-center U.S. clinical ...

On June 17, Merck received FDA approval for a vaccine designed to protect adults from pneumococcus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious disease, including pneumonia. The conjugate vaccine, ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

Children in Guatemala who received a common vaccine that helps prevent pneumonia were less likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new study led by Washington State University ...

Walking pneumonia is what it sounds like, a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease ...

Cases of "walking pneumonia" — a milder form of the lung infection pneumonia — have spiked in the United States, particularly among young children. Bacterial infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, one ...

It could enable doctors to diagnose infections such as pneumonia much quicker - without the need for invasive blood tests.

Here's what pneumonia is, what causes it and how the disease is usually treated once it has been diagnosed.

"Pneumonia isn't just like a bad cold, or sometimes people get it confused with a sinus infection or even bronchitis," explains Temple Health pulmonologist Michaela Seigo. Dr. Seigo says those ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2019 and 2023, there was a 460% increase in drug-resistant bacteria.