For the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th, pneumonia was a leading cause of death that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Sir William Osler – usually considered the ...

Last year’s outbreaks were the largest in a decade, fueled by an emerging variant of the highly contagious, hard-to-kill ...

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Measles is a highly contagious viral illness that can lead to severe complications, including fatal pneumonia. In early 2025, a measles outbreak was identified in west Texas. Since then, the outbreak ...

Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing viral upper respiratory infections, asthma exacerbations, ear infections and viral sore throats. Dr. Leah Kaye, pediatrician at Penn ...

Pneumonia is a life-threatening infection that leads to inflammation of the lung tissue, making it extremely hard for patients to breathe, and in some cases, it can even be fatal by cutting off the ...

A toddler in Orange County was diagnosed with measles, but public health officials say the virus is not expected to spread. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the toddler recently ...

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. This week, an unvaccinated child died ...