A major international study has assessed key bacterial targets that could form the basis of a new maternal vaccine to protect ...

A comprehensive international study has identified bacterial targets for a maternal vaccine to protect newborns from deadly ...

A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

To understand how this pathogen adapts to different locations in the body, and also how the host responds to the invading microbe, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the ...

Bacterial colonization in the upper respiratory tract is considered to be one of the major risk factors of COVID-19. In this context, studies have shown that the co-occurrence of invasive pneumococcal ...

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a type of bacteria ...

DENTON COUNTY, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning about an unusual increase in cases of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Cases of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae have surged nationwide, ...

A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by ...

Walking pneumonia cases in the United States, especially among children, are on the rise and have been since early spring, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections from ...

Four patients at a downtown Seattle hospital are dead in connection to an outbreak of a bacteria often found in health care settings that has developed resistance to some antibiotics. The infected ...

Respiratory infections among young children have been on the rise since the school year began in August, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the past six ...

Doctors are seeing a concerning uptick in respiratory infections in young children, including the condition popularly known as walking pneumonia, according to federal health officials. The increase ...