A bacterial infection known as walking pneumonia is on the rise in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned. Cases are particularly high among young children.

Pneumonia symptoms can seem as mild as the flu, but they vary based on the cause and severity of the lung infection. Knowing the various signs and symptoms of pneumonia can help you seek early ...

Bluish lips or nails: Cyanosis is a warning sign that your child may have low oxygen levels. You can tell if this is ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of mild respiratory illness, sometimes referred to as "walking pneumonia." Symptom onset is "typically gradual," the CDC says. It can include fever, a cough, ...

Amid a pneumonia outbreak among kids in Ohio, cases of the lung infection are rising nationally and other parts of the world — but it’s not unusual for this time of year in the U.S. and no reason to ...

Cases of "walking pneumonia" — a milder form of the lung infection pneumonia — have spiked in the United States, particularly among young children. Bacterial infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, one ...

It started with what seemed like a run-of-the-mill cold. My three-year-old had a cough that wouldn’t go away, a fever that barely counted as one, and he stopped sleeping through the night. As a ...