Pneumonia News

Posted January 29, 2012:

• How Bacteria Behind Serious Childhood Disease Evolve to Evade Vaccines

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Computational Modeling Can Help Plan Vaccine Introduction, Study Finds

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Lack of Testing for Legionella: Current Recommendations for Testing Missed 41 Percent of Cases

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Opioids Linked to Higher Risk of Pneumonia in Older Adults
• Newly Identified Antibodies May Improve Pneumonia Vaccine Design

Posted September 19, 2011:

• 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Flu More Damaging to Lungs, Opens Opportunities for Bacterial Infection

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Guidelines for Treating Pneumonia in Children

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Final Countdown: Atlantis to Carry Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate on Last Space Voyage

Posted June 29, 2011:

• New Salmonella-Based 'Clean Vaccines' Aid the Fight Against Infectious Disease

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Aging, Obsolete Cells Prime the Lungs for Pneumonia

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Antibiotic Linezolid an Effective Option for Treating Patients With MRSA Infection

Posted May 15, 2011:

• Pneumonia Patients at Risk for in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Study Challenges Concerns on Effectiveness of Administering Pneumococcal, Shingles Vaccines Together

Posted May 10, 2011:

• Vitamin D Deficiency in Pneumonia Patients Associated With Increased Mortality

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Short Antibiotic Courses Safer for Breathing-Tube Infections in Children

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy Reduces Pneumonia Mortality, Large Study Finds

Posted April 10, 2011:

• Flu Helps Spread Pneumonia

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccination Program on Pneumococcal Carriage and Invasive Disease

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Pneumonia Death Rate Lower Among People Who Take Statins, Study Suggests

Posted March 22, 2011:

• The Killer Within: A Novel Bacterial Suicide Mechanism
• Hydrocortisone Therapy for Trauma Patients Associated With Reduced Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Risk

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Why Are the Elderly So Vulnerable to Pneunomia?

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Vaccine Made With Synthetic Gene Protects Against Deadly Pneumonia

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Better Way to Diagnose Pneumonia

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Vitamin E May Increase or Decrease the Risk of Pneumonia, Depending on Smoking and Exercise

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Acid Suppressive Medication May Increase Risk of Pneumonia

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Second-Hand Smoke Increases Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Preterm Infants May Need a Boost to Protect Against Invasitve Pneumococcal Disease

Posted November 12, 2010:

• Efforts to Combat Pneumonia Among 15 High-Burdened Countries Fall Short of Recommended Targets

Posted November 11, 2010:

• New Vaccine Hope in Fight Against Pneumonia and Meningitis

Posted November 2, 2010:

• Secondary Infections Were a Major Cause of Death During 1918 Flu Pandemic, Research Finds

Posted October 27, 2010:

• H1N1 Flu Linked to Serious Bacterial Infections in Children

Posted October 22, 2010:

• Pneumonia Often Misdiagnosed on Patient Readmissions, Studies Find

Posted October 16, 2010:

• New Treatment May Protect Against Pneumonia

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Limited Number of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes Cause Most Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

Posted September 29, 2010:

• IV Treatment May Lower Risk of Dying from Bacterial Meningitis

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Swine Flu Patients Benefited from Taking Tamiflu, Says Study

Posted September 21, 2010:

• Community-Based Treatment of Malaria, Pneumonia Could Save Lives

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Cellular Structural Molecule Can Be Toxic: Makes Pneumonia Worse
• Seasonal Flu Vaccine Lowers Risk of First Heart Attack, Study Finds

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Dosing Schedule of Pneumococcal Vaccine Linked With Increased Risk of Getting Multiresistant Strain

Posted August 27, 2010:

• Vaccine Has Cut Child Cases of Bacterial Pneumonia, Says Study

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Adequate Zinc Eases Pneumonia in Elderly, Study Finds

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Antibiotics Improve Survival but Not Comfort for Terminal Dementia Patients With Pneumonia, Study Finds

Posted May 25, 2010:

• Vaccination Key to Preventing Childhood Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted May 4, 2010:

• Receiving Vaccine for Pneumonia by Men Not Associated With Reduced Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Surgeons' Pilot Prevention Program Reduces Incidence of Postoperative Pneumonia

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Vaccines Preventing Pneumococcal Disease Protect African Children With Sickle-Cell Disease

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