Pope Francis remains in stable but critical condition as he continues treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Agostino ...

The Lenten season began for Christians this week, but one person was physically absent from religious observations: Pope ...

Pope Francis has double pneumonia, defined as a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that causes inflammation and fluid accumulation in both lungs. Elderly patients are more at risk of severe ...

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains under close medical supervision as he enters his fourth week in the hospital ...

Bilateral or double pneumonia is a serious infection that can inflame and scar both lungs, making breathing more difficult. It can also cause fever and cough with yellow, green or bloody mucus and ...

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Specifically, pneumonia causes the tiny air sacs in the lungs (alveoli), as well as tiny nearby blood vessels (capillaries), to become inflamed and congested with fluid, affecting breathing. Most of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ...

Francis suffered the two crises Monday. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus that had accumulated in his lungs, the ...

The scope is passed down into the smaller airways of the lungs to look for blockages or abnormalities. Biopsies (tissue samples to be examined in a lab) can be taken of any suspicious areas, and fluid ...

LONDON — Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his recovery. The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout ...