Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious cause of death worldwide, and MIT researchers have now designed a type of “activity-based nanosensor” that can distinguish between ...

Joanna Tsai, MD, and Stuart C. Ray, MD, discuss how to diagnose and treat bacterial and fungal co- and superinfections.

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Researchers have developed a nanoparticle sensor that can distinguish bacterial pneumonia from viral pneumonia, which could be used to determine the appropriate course of treatment. Senior author ...

The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 188,721 hospitalized patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals across the United States from 2015 to 2025. “We know that people often get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Hollywood icon Diane Keaton died from bacterial pneumonia, doctors are raising awareness about the symptoms of the infection ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Intensive care units at Cleveland-area hospitals have been at near capacity for weeks, and part of the reason may be a surge in pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses. The number ...

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 ...

Many different types of bacteria and viruses can cause pneumonia, but there is no easy way to determine which microbe is causing a particular patient's illness. This uncertainty makes it harder for ...