The US defense secretary lifted the flu vaccine mandate for troops 2 months ago. Now 160 trainees in Texas are sick.
The review and meta-analysis found a 37% pooled mortality rate in pneumonia patients admitted to intensive care units.
A subtype of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria causes nearly 1 in 3 infections.
A new study highlights distinct features that can distinguish true infection from incidental pathogen carriage.
A study suggests that those with the healthiest overall sleep patterns have a 26% lower risk of pneumonia.
In patients who had achieved clinical stability by day 3 of hospitalization, short- and longer-course antibiotic treatments had similar mortality and readmission rates.
The pace of reductions since 2015 has slowed by more than 60%.
The vast majority of patients in the study (94%) were hospitalized, and the 30-day death rate was 12%.
Global data show overall deaths from lower respiratory infections declined from 1990 to 2021, but the proportion of deaths from drug-resistant infections is rising.
Relative to people of healthy weight, those with class 3 obesity were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for or die of infection.
