Vaccine-resistant pneumonia has increased since a vaccine targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria was introduced into the Australian routine childhood immunization program.

Pneumococcal disease leads to over three million hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. A study publishing March 16 th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Carlos J.

Infections with many different types of bacteria including Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogens, and Neisseria mengitidis can cause bacterial meningitis. It's estimated that every year over ...

A Pennsylvania teenager has died from bacterial meningitis, months before graduating from high school, according to the school district. Ryan Duffy, 18, was a senior at Neshaminy High School in ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Dorchester School District Four students were home on Thursday after switching to an eLearning day because of a case of strep pneumonia, but what is strep pneumonia?

An evolutionary gateway which helps pneumonia cells become resistant to antibiotics has been discovered. The new research has identified a genetic scar left in the genomes of bacteria as they become ...

Increases in multidrug-resistance in the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae have made it the fourth-leading cause of death associated with antibiotic resistance. In a study in PLOS Biology, researchers ...

The ancient proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” long predates the discovery of antibiotics. Modern scientists recently found a way put this adage into practice when they found that peptides ...

Here's what pneumonia is, what causes it and how the disease is usually treated once it has been diagnosed.

A community’s survival often depends on communication between individuals, enabling them to share strategies to overcome stress and threats. Bacteria are no different. To survive in the face of their ...