The latest in Pneumonia

Gates-linked vaccine group wants $4.3 billion

2010-03-18T07:15:46Z

<div><p>A global vaccine initiative launched with the help of Bill Gates is seeking $4.3 billion in new funding to ramp up child immunization campaigns against deadly diseases such as hepatitis B, diarrhea and pneumonia in the developing world.</p><p>The Geneva-based GAVI alliance, launched a decade ago as a partner of the Reuters) - Several drug firms have agreed on a landmark deal to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations, according to the global immunization alliance that is overseeing the deal.</p><p>Leading manufacturers of such vaccines include GlaxoSmithKline and Reuters) - Results of a trial of Pfizer's Prevnar 7 vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis showed on Wednesday that it can prevent three out of four cases of re-infection in HIV-infected adults in Africa.</p><p>British researchers ...

People Brittany Murphy

2010-02-25T19:01:21Z

FILE - This June 2009 photo provided by Hybrid Productions shows Brittany Murphy while working on the set of "Abandoned" in Los Angeles. The film is Murphy's final starring role before her recent death. Murphy's autopsy report details how pneumonia, severe anemia and prescription medications killed the actress. The...

Infections in US hospitals kill 48,000, cost billions

2010-02-23T03:16:33Z

<div><p>Nearly 50,000 US medical patients die every year of blood poisoning or pneumonia they picked up in hospital, a study has shown.</p><p>Hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia in 2006 claimed 48,000 lives, led to 2.3 million extra patient-days in hospital and cost 8.1 billion dollars, according to the study, led by researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Poli...

Infections in US hospitals kill 48,000, cost billions: study

2010-02-23T03:16:32Z

<div><p>Nearly 50,000 US medical patients die every year of blood poisoning or pneumonia they picked up in hospital, a study published Monday shows.</p><p>Hospital-acquired sepsis and pneumonia in 2006 claimed 48,000 lives, led to 2.3 million extra patient-days in hospital and cost 8.1 billion dollars, according to the study, led by researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Econo...

Hospital infections kill 48,000, cost billions

2010-02-23T03:15:26Z

Bob Dole hospitalized, undergoing therapy

2010-02-22T15:30:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Senate leader and GOP presidential candidate hospitalized after bout with pneumonia</div><div><p>Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, undergoing therapy after recovering from pneumon...

Shorter hospital stays may cost no more: U.S. study

2010-02-22T14:45:24Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hospitals that send patients home earlier can save money and the policy does not end up costing more later, researchers reported on Monday.</p><p>The intensive look at two common conditions -- pneumonia and heart failure -- showed that it may be possible to lower costs in the U.S. system without hurting patients, the re...

brittany murphy

2010-02-04T17:18:07Z

**File Photo** * MURPHY DIED FROM PNEUMONIA, DRUG INTOXICATION PLAYED ROLE Tragic actress BRITTANY MURPHY died from pneumonia, aided by anaemia and drug intoxication, according to a Los Angeles County Coroner's Office report. The Clueless star died on 20 December (09) after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Brittany Murphy, the star of "Clueless" and "8 Mile," died from pneumonia, with prescription drugs and anemia also playing a role, a coroner's official said Thursday.</p><p>The Dec. 20 death of the actress was accidental and likely could have been prevented if Murphy had seen a doctor sooner, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said.</p><p>He not...

U.S. adults forgo routine immunization: report

2010-02-22T11:55:12Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of American adults die each year from pneumonia, influenza and other infectious diseases that could be prevented by routine vaccinations, according to a report released Thursday.</p><p>Only about a third of seniors were vaccinated in 2008 against pneumonia, a complication of seasonal flu, according to the report released by the...

Mass. mother goes on trial in daughter's OD death

2010-02-22T18:08:53Z

<div><p>In an "evil scheme," a Massachusetts mother fabricated symptoms of mental illness to get her 4-year-old daughter powerful drugs, then overmedicated the girl and allowed her to die when she became ill with pneumonia, a prosecutor said Tuesday at the woman's murder trial.</p><p>Assistant District Attorney Frank Middleton...

Pfizer says FDA is still reviewing Prevnar 13

2010-02-23T07:52:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Pfizer says FDA has not finished reviewing Prevnar 13 vaccine after three-month delay</div><div><p>Pfizer Inc. says the Food and Drug Administration is again extending its review of Prevnar 13, a children's pneumococcal vaccine.</...

U.S. review of Pfizer vaccine not completed

2010-02-23T07:52:00Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have not yet completed their review of a more protective form of Pfizer Inc's big-selling Prevnar vaccine that fights pneumonia and meningitis, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.</p><p>A decision by the Reuters Health) - Air pollution may double the risk that an elderly person will be hospitalized for pneumonia, according to a new study.</p><p>"We have shown that air pollution exerts a strong effect on hospital admissions for pneumonia," Michael Jerrett, of the United States. No matter what the cause, pneumonia usually leaves the sufferer with the weakness that persists for four to eight weeks after the acute phase of the infection has resolved.<br&g...

Swine flu down but deaths above 'epidemic threshold' in US

2010-02-23T22:46:31Z

<div><p>Influenza infections fell for the fourth week in a row in the United States but the number of flu deaths remained above the epidemic threshold, a government health agency said in a weekly report.</p><p>During the week of November 15-21, 32 states reported widespread flu activity, down from 43 states the previous week, the

CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen

2010-02-24T00:36:40Z

<div><p>There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.</p><p>Since vaccinations began in early October, the government has been tracking the safety of the swine flu vaccine. By mid-November, about 22 million Americans had gotten the vaccine and there were about 3,200 reports of possible side effects, the vast ma...