Ector County health officials report the death of a child under 5 from a Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, the county’s ...

A meta-analysis identifies immunosuppression and chronic kidney disease as carrying the highest risk for invasive ...

The Ector County Health Department has reported the first death of 2025 linked to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child younger ...

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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the effect of colonization of the upper respiratory tract (URT) by Streptococcus pneumoniae on severe acute ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers from Germany conducted a population-based surveillance study to ascertain the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) ...

The common lung infection can range from mild to life-threatening. Here’s how to recognize it and when to seek care.

A new report shows that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) has an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up during transformation ...

Pneumonia and lung cancer present similar symptoms like cough and chest pain. Pneumonia is a rapid infection, while lung ...

While slurping oysters is not likely to replace popping a pill, they could help in the fight against superbugs. A groundbreaking find by Southern Cross University has shown oysters might be able to ...

The Ector County Health Department is deeply saddened to announce that a resident under the age of 5, diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia on Nov. 3, has died from meningoencephalitis caused by ...