Legionnaires' outbreak linked to private hot tubs on ships, but other preventable illnesses can also sicken passengers.

Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs, according to CDC reports. Infectious ...

at the State Center Complex showed a slight elevation for legionella bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a ...

On this day, health organisations look forward to highlighting prevention methods and advocating for better treatment options ...

Children are experiencing the largest rise in this mild respiratory infection, characterized by a lingering cough.

An ad-hoc analysis found a higher rate of severe and life-threatening infections in patients with RET-mutant lung cancer ...

Plus, treatment isn't necessarily one-size-fits-all. Here's what to know about how to spot it and treat it. The tell-tale signs of walking pneumonia are not obvious. Illnesses caused by mycoplasma ...

Emil C Reisinger is a Full Professor of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine and Dean of Students Affairs at Rostock University ...

that are commonly used to treat other kinds of bacterial pneumonia," the CDC says. "Macrolides (e.g., azithromycin) are the first-line antibiotic treatment for M. pneumoniae infection. Macrolide ...

Doctors’ offices and hospitals have been reporting a spike in cases of pneumonia in Maryland and around the nation since late summer. So it seems right on time for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Exploring the pathogenesis to identify therapeutic targets may aid in the adjunct treatment of pneumonia and improve survival rates. Methods: Transcriptomic data from peripheral blood of 183 pneumonia ...