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Mexico says suspected swine flu deaths now at 149
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. Health Secretary Jose ...
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How will childhood pneumonia change if vaccine campaigns are a success?
Apr 22, 2008 |
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In developing countries, two bacteria, pneumococcus and Hib, are the dominant causes of severe pneumonia in children.
Bacteria co-infections common in swine flu deaths: CDC
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Many people who have died from swine flu in the United States were also infected with other bacteria, including one which can cause pneumonia or meningitis, US health officials said Wednesday.
Flu vaccine may not protect seniors well
Aug 01, 2008 |
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A Group Health study in the August 2 issue of The Lancet adds fuel to the growing controversy over how well the flu vaccine protects the elderly.
Cost-effective measures could stop child pneumonia deaths
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a ...
Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia
Sep 14, 2009 |
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A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake ...
Stick with simple antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid super bugs, says researcher
Aug 26, 2008 |
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Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a University of Melbourne study.
Model against unnecessary use of antibiotics
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Patients in intensive care units are often administered antibiotics against ventilator-associated pneumonia, "to be on the safe side." Dutch researcher Stefan Visscher has developed a model that can quickly establish whether ...
Steroids aid recovery from pneumonia, researchers say
Oct 14, 2008 |
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Adding corticosteroids to traditional antimicrobial therapy might help people with pneumonia recover more quickly than with antibiotics alone, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have found.
China's bird flu toll may be higher
Apr 27, 2006 |
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China's bird flu death toll may be higher than the 12 people reported dead by the central government, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Community-acquired staph pneumonia appears more common, including MRSA
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Preliminary research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that community acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium may be more common than originally suspected, including ...
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