Dr. Polverino answers your most pressing questions about bronchitis, how contagious it is and when it may cause more serious medical problems.

All acute symptoms improved or returned to baseline level with no new symptoms presenting and no additional antibiotic courses being required in 91.9% (95% CI: 90.8–93.0) of the gatifloxacin ...

Antibiotics are typically not recommended unless a bacterial infection is suspected as the underlying cause. Treatment for ...

Bronchitis and pneumonia can cause similar symptoms. But while bronchitis is an infection of the bronchial tubes, pneumonia is an infection in the alveoli.

But bronchitis doesn’t normally turn into pneumonia. Do you need antibiotics for bronchitis? Acute bronchitis is most often caused by a viral infection, which antibiotics can't treat.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm over increased cases of lung infections in the U.S., ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of an unusual increase in bacterial infections caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae. But what exactly is it and why is it concerning?

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of a recent increase in cases of "walking pneumonia" what are the ...

According to the CDC, respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have increased in the U.S. over the ...

This year, the number of people who have been diagnosed with the pneumonia-causing bacteria or with bronchitis has increased ...

I have managed to have more than one medical emergency during my time in college. Actually, the inspiration for this article ...

Walking pneumonia cases are rising sharply in U.S. children, prompting health officials to issue important warnings.