By now, you’ve probably heard that there is a nationwide surge of walking pneumonia cases. It’s actually caused by a bacteria called mycoplasma and it is making a lot of local kids ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an upswing of mycoplasma pneumonia cases, also known as walking pneumonia, especially among children.

Atypical pneumonia can be caused by some molds, viruses or bacteria, according to the American Lung Association. A common ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, better known as walking (or atypical) ...

Atypical pneumonia, also known as ‘walking pneumonia’, is a type of pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most ...

Walking Pneumonia cases are spiking, especially in kids. Here are the most common symptoms and how to tell the difference from other viral infections, according to experts.

Health officials are warning people to be on the lookout for symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated pneumonia, a common ...

Dr William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee , said the coverings should be worn ...

Levels of this milder lung infection—which can lead to “walking pneumonia”—are 10 times greater than last year, according to ...

Emergency room physicians at Baton Rouge General Hospital are seeing more children come in sicker than they seem.

The chief of pediatrics said there has been an increase in children admitted to the WellSpan York Hospital for pneumonia. He added those patients were not “too sick” and needed to be hospitalized for ...