Infections tend to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 have been rampant among young children, ...

DHHS has reported an increase in the number of pediatric pneumonia cases seen in emergency departments statewide. The highest case counts are being seen in the Triangle, Charlotte and Triad areas.

Creech said he expects they will continue to be high for another month or so, then should begin to taper off later into the fall.On an X-ray, Mycoplasma infections can give lungs a cloudy or ...

On an X-ray, Mycoplasma infections ... pre-existing conditions like asthma and make people seriously ill. Rarely, these germs can travel outside the lungs. In the central nervous system, they ...

On an X-ray ... lungs a cloudy or “white lung” appearance. Last year, China, Denmark and France all reported increases of this kind of pneumonia in kids. The rise in cases is probably due to at least ...