Notice the signs: Green and yellow phlegm Because pneumonia causes inflammation and fluid buildup in the lungs, it compromises our ability to get oxygen from the air and through our bloodstream to ...

Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than a week with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia”. The Vatican released a statement on Tuesday evening saying laboratory tests, ...

The Vatican said the mucus was his body’s reaction to the original pneumonia infection and not a new infection, given laboratory tests don’t indicate any new bacteria. Francis remained alert ...

It was the latest setback in the pope's 18-day battle against double pneumonia at a Roman hospital. Francis, 88, remained "alert, oriented and cooperative" as "copious" amounts of mucus were ...