LONDON (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. British researchers who tested the shot in Malawi found it stopped 74 percent of recurrent cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD ...

A jury determined Tuesday that Botox-maker Allergan was not responsible for the death of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who died after receiving Botox injections. Kristen Spears of Amarillo, Texas, died of respiratory failure and pneumonia in November 2007. Her mother, Dee, sued Irvine-based Allergan ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Devices that help lung disease patients have oxygen therapy on-the-go may not always perform consistently -- and may in some cases provide users with inadequate oxygen when they are active, a new study suggests. The concern, say researchers, is that patients and doctors may interpret any resulting activity limitations as a sign that the lung disease is ...