Three-year-old Anisha Anju was struggling to breathe in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute.

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Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection of the lungs. It is the biggest infectious killer of children worldwide.

With the onset of winter, reports are coming in from around the country of growing cold-related illnesses in children. Among the more serious winter ailments is pneumonia but most parents are often confused about how to differentiate between pneumonia and the common flu. Here's what you need to know.

Vaccination, early detection and availability of antibiotics can prevent deaths

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to Lilavati hospital and is diagnosed with pneumonia, the actor's family friend Udaya Tara Nayyar confirms.

Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala breathed his last in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, succumbing to Pneumonia, according to family sources. He was 77.

Interactive inforgraph of twelve common diseases of male and female

Fourteen more cases of Mers have been confirmed in South Korea and a fifth person has died.