Late on Friday, the Vatican had said the 88-year-old suffered an “isolated crisis of bronchial spasm”, a coughing fit in which Francis inhaled ... The Pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young ...

Pope Francis is resting after a setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia which saw doctors put him on ventilation after a coughing fit in which he inhaled vomit.

Pope Francis is resting after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia. The Vatican said doctors ...

The development marked a setback in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors treating ...

Bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lung, known as the bronchial tubes, become inflamed, leading to coughing and mucus production. That infection can sometimes spread to the lungs ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old pontiff had developed pneumonia in both lungs in a ...

The Vatican said Francis’ respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis ... “Having a low fever and having a serious bronchial infection … is a sign of a decreased immune response ...

"The polymicrobial infection, which arose on a picture of bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis, and which required the use of cortisone antibiotic therapy, makes therapeutic treatment more ...