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Cold-Related Mortality

The relationship between cold weather and increased mortality from pneumonia and other respiratory diseases, including the role of abrupt temperature changes and extreme cold.

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Jan 28, 2026
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What is the connection between being cold and getting pneumonia?

Evidence shows that cold weather does not directly “create” pneumonia but contributes to conditions that raise the risk of respiratory infections progressing to pneumonia: anomalously cold, dry air of...