Young children are increasingly being infected with bacteria that can lead to the illness known as walking pneumonia. A ...

The sticky, slimy goo plays an essential role in fighting off infections, shaping the gut microbiome and more.

Like bronchitis, an asthma attack can cause coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and a feeling of tightness in the chest. But asthma doesn't cause a cough that produces mucus, a runny or ...

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

The vaccine helps to prevent bacterial infections that can cause serious illness in older adults, such as pneumonia.

Computer simulations of how influenza A moves through human mucus found it is ideally configured to slide through the sticky ...

Patients may also present with expectoration of mucus plugs, hemoptysis ... A 26-year-old man presents to our chest clinic with history of well-controlled asthma for 6 years.

Bacterial infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which can cause walking pneumonia, have surged since late spring, according ...

The vaccine protects against serious infections including invasive diseases that attack parts of the body that are normally ...

Key preventative measures like washing your hands often, covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and sneezing into your elbow if you don’t have a tissue are extremely ...

After 12 weeks of nebulized NAC, patients’ mean phlegm scores, as measured by the COPD assessment test, significantly decreased from 3.47 at baseline to 2.62. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) nebulizer ...