Pneumonia killed 808,694 children under the age of 5 in 2017, accounting for 15% of all deaths of children under five years old.[i] We know how to prevent, diagnose and treat pneumonia, and we have ...

Pneumonia is an infectious lung disease. It can affect people of all age groups. Pneumonia in babies can be fatal. The disease attacks the respiratory system, mainly the lungs, thereby causing ...

Children under five are most affected by HMPV ... Most HMPV cases have mild clinical manifestations, though 5-16 percent of cases may progress to severe lower respiratory tract infections, with ...

Along with other acute respiratory infections, pneumonia is in a near tie with diarrheal diseases as a leading cause of death in children under 5 worldwide. It's estimated that pneumonia kills ...

Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

Mycoplasma pneumonia, often referred to as ‘a-typical pneumonia’ is landing more children in Triangle-area hospitals for treatment. It’s the same kind of bacteria that causes walking pneumonia.

This is called aspiration pneumonia, which accounts for about 5% to 15% of pneumonia cases ... Adults older than 65 and children under the age of two are at an increased risk of developing pneumonia.