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

Pneumonia and bronchitis are different respiratory infections but they often have similar symptoms, like fever and cough.

Acute bronchitis is primarily caused by viruses, like those that typically cause the flu, colds, or COVID-19. Less frequently, bacterial infections can trigger a bout of bronchitis. In some cases, ...

Bronchitis and pneumonia can cause similar symptoms. But while bronchitis is an infection of the bronchial tubes, pneumonia is an infection in the alveoli.

MercyOne and Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines have both seen an increase in pediatric walking pneumonia infections.

How do you tell if it’s pneumonia or bronchitis? Both pneumonia and bronchitis can cause a cough, chest discomfort, and trouble breathing. Pneumonia generally causes more severe illness than ...

The Mountain fire, which has burned over 14,500 acres and dozens of homes in Ventura County as of Thursday, Nov. 7, has ...

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning of a recent increase in cases of "walking pneumonia" what are the ...

A research team led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. A range of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm over increased cases of lung infections in the U.S., ...

Bacterial infections causing pneumonia began increasing in the United States in late spring and have remained high, according ...

Read More: 6 Respiratory Illnesses That Could Mean Trouble for Your Lungs Acute bronchitis is primarily caused by viruses, ...