A vaccine usually trains your immune system to recognize one target. Here, the target is basically “anything that doesn’t belong in the lungs.

Severe bacterial pneumonia remains a major cause of death in critically ill patients, largely due to impaired early immune responses. New research reveals that butyric acid, a metabolite produced by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood ...

Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and ...

After lung transplantation, infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently predicted antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), researchers found. Through a series of mouse-model studies, the researchers ...

A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a vaccine formula that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria and even allergens. The study, published in the journal Science, ...

A new imaging tool that rapidly diagnoses bacterial lung infections could help prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units. The bedside technology can detect whether harmful ...

POWELTON (WPVI) -- Penn Medicine is contacting patients who may have been exposed to a dangerous bacteria during heart surgery. This comes after four patients at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center were ...

Severe acute pancreatitis is frequently complicated by hospital-acquired infections that worsen outcomes and prolong intensive care stays. New evidence suggests that modulating the microbiome may ...

Mucus, a fluid in your upper respiratory system, is usually clear. But a number of health conditions can cause it to turn brown. Also known as brown phlegm or sputum, brown mucus can be due to a range ...