As respiratory illnesses spike during the winter months, health experts are seeing an increase in cases of walking pneumonia, a form of pneumonia that often presents with subtle symptoms.

Additionally, pneumonia can also be caused by fungal infections and aspiration (inhaling something, like food or saliva, into your lungs). Bronchitis is a condition that mostly affects the upper ...

Now a new study suggests that pet cats could be just as dangerous – and could provide the bridge that allows H5N1 bird flu to mutate and jump to humans. The study, published last week in the ...

SINGAPORE – Although the cat does not have a place in the Chinese Zodiac – something often attributed in folklore to trickery by the rat – 2024 has shaped up to be a year of feline frenzy.

Dogs (and some begrudging cats) may be humans’ best friend, but their behavior still often baffles us. For instance, what makes some dogs insatiably hungry? What does it mean if a cat stiffens ...

Since the spring, cases of the bacterial respiratory infection commonly referred to as “walking pneumonia” have been increasing in North America, particularly among young children. While infections ...

Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and calico cats tend to be females Gayoung Lee The genetic basis for orange ...

Officials have recently seen rising cases of the respiratory illness mycoplasma pneumonia, commonly known as walking pneumonia. “It’s the bacteria that sets up in the lungs and it tends to hit ...

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If you have a respiratory infection, you may wonder how to tell if you have bronchitis or pneumonia. Both of these illnesses affect your airways, with bronchitis primarily impacting the bronchial ...

Two new studies have revealed why some cats are orange — an enduring enigma of genetics, until now. Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the ...

Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia — also known as walking pneumonia — have been surging nationally among children, and Louisiana is in the region seeing one of the largest spikes, according to ...