Topic: Pneumonia
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-04 17:22:51
<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 ...
AP Features | 2010-01-19 18:07:33
<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 ...
AP News | 2009-12-31 14:57:39
<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.</p><p>The FDA's decision was due ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-30 21:46:52
<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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Prevnar 13 ...
