A researcher at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research into uncovering the mysteries of ...

What is walking pneumonia? Walking pneumonia is a respiratory tract infection caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

And this year, there’s another plot twist: Infections with a type of bacteria known as Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae), which can be a common cause of walking pneumonia, have been on the rise.

But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cases of another illness are also on the rise. Walking pneumonia has been steadily infecting more people since last ...

Walking pneumonia is considered atypical, according to Dr. Camille Sabella, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. “Walking pneumonia can be different things.