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

The percentage of children ages 2-4 diagnosed with a respiratory illness-bacteria grew from 1% to 7.2% between March 31 and ...

The inflammation may last a short period after an upper respiratory infection or may be chronic. Acute bronchitis usually develops after a cold or upper respiratory infection, and it improves within a ...

Pneumonia and bronchitis have similar symptoms, but critical differences as well. Here is a side-by-side comparison of bronchitis and pneumonia symptoms. Acute bronchitis is inflammation of the ...

which is typically associated with "walking pneumonia," or acute bronchitis. Discharges peaked in late August, the CDC reported on Oct. 18. Between March 31 and Oct. 5, the percentage of children ...

In order to understand contemporary reasons for antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis in the United States, clinicians' familiarity with the clinical guidelines for acute bronchitis ...