Viral pneumonia

Viral pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection and inflammation of the lungs. There are three categories of pneumonia:

What You Can Do About the Flu Influenza, or `the flu`, is a viral infection of the nose, throat, and lungs. The flu spreads quickly from one person to another. When someone infected with the flu coughs or sneezes, droplets...

Hantavirus Infection: A Serious Disease That Can Mimic the "Flu" An outbreak of severe lung infections in the southwest U.S. during the summer of 1993 led to the identification of hantavirus as the cause. Prior to this, hantavirus had mainly been...

Flu season has peaked US influenza cases appear to have peaked in early- and mid-January, and may now be on the decline, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia...

HIV increases emphysema risk In a finding that hints at the origins of emphysema, Ohio researchers have discovered that HIV-infected smokers are at substantial risk for the lung disease...

Kids with CROUP - A Little Knowledge goes a Long Way As the seasons turns to winter soon, the disease known as croup once again becomes prevalent, leading to one scary time for parents of little ones. Luckily, however it rarely causes any serious problems. A little knowledge..

Brave, Braver, Bravest ``I've been dreaming about having a baby,'' Ashley said. That's not a strange thing for a childless 36-year-old woman to tell her gynecologist, but it surprised me because this patient is HIV-infected...