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

Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

Do you have a runny nose and nagging cough that has persisted for weeks but you've still managed to drag yourself to work and ...

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

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 ...

For acute bronchitis, the biggest risk is that it may progress to pneumonia, a more serious lung infection, especially if left untreated. Pneumonia occurs when the air sacs in the lungs become ...

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ... The devastating disease also quickly escalates through persistent and worsening symptoms as it infects white blood cells throughout the body. ALL is generally ...

In previous years, most pneumonia or acute bronchitis infections caused by ... tract for several months the prolonged presence of symptoms such as coughing Children younger than 5 years old ...