He was 88. Pope Francis was recently hospitalized for pneumonia and recovered and resumed his activities. Pope Francis was ...

“Pneumonia is a chest infection which causes inflammation in the air sacs of the lungs,” explains Whittamore. “I work as a GP, and I see lots of people come in with very mild chest infections, some ...

Article continues below Pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs, usually caused by an infection. According to the NHS, most people get better in two to four weeks, but babies, older people ...

Pope Francis, who twice almost died when hospitalised with severe pneumonia in February, also suffered from multiple bronchiectasis, arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes.