If your child has a cough that just won't go away, it could be mycoplasma pneumonia. Doctors say they are seeing a significant uptick in the amount of people, especially children, with the bacterial ...

Cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are on the rise in Japan. The bacterial infection, which mainly affects children, is spread by ...

Writer Eileen Kelly had a burning question (and sensation)—and after a long and winding journey, doctors finally answered it.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of mild respiratory illness, sometimes referred to as "walking pneumonia." Symptom onset is "typically gradual," the CDC says. It can include fever, a cough, ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, a county in Ohio is experiencing outbreaks of pneumonia cases in children. These illnesses have been linked to Mycoplasma, a ...

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Walking pneumonia cases in the United States, especially among children, are on the rise and have been since early spring, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections from ...

China, Denmark, France and the Netherlands have all recently reported an increase in cases of pneumonia in children linked to a bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A spike in cases has also been ...