The death of actor and leading man Val Kilmer is a stark reminder of how one of the most common lung infections in the ...

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 ...

Val Kilmer, celebrated for his 1980s and 90s roles in Top Gun and Batman Forever, died Tuesday at the age of 65. He was known ...

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in ...

Pneumonia is an inflammatory disease that affects ... Common symptoms of this infection include cough with or without mucus, chest pain, fever, chills and difficulty breathing.

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly.

Pneumonia involves fluid or debris in the lungs ... Doctors had to conduct two bronchoscopies to extract mucus from his lungs, the Vatican said. This is common in older people for a number ...

“Pneumonia is a severe respiratory infection ... tiny hair-like structures that clear mucus, creating a breeding ground for bacteria. “It spreads through respiratory droplets or contaminated ...

"Also, in young children and older people it may be harder for them to get rid of mucus because their body's defences may not be working as well in the lungs." PNEUMONIA can strike anyone and it's ...

He later developed a life-threatening case of pneumonia.Pope Francis ’ doctors ... which required doctors manually aspirate the mucus, at which point he began sleeping with the ventilation ...