Brazil’s President Has Mild Pneumonia

Brazil’s president has been hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia.

Brazilian officials said Sunday Dilma Rousseff was taken to a hospital in Sao Paulo after experiencing flu-like symptoms for several days.

Officials say President Rousseff is taking antibiotics, the standard treatment for pneumonia.

Pneumonia is an infection in one or both of the lungs.

Ms. Rousseff, a cancer survivor, is Brazil’s first female president.