Pneumonia

Go to Source Residents along Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline will experience yet another rare cold weather phenomenon today. A “pneumonia front” is passing over the western Lake Michigan shore, according to the…

A jury has found Spyros Panos did not depart from the standard of care in the first of more than 250 civil lawsuits against the former surgeon. The jury in state Supreme Court in White Plains…

James Schlesinger, a tenacious, blunt-talking former Pentagon chief who served as a cabinet officer under three US presidents, died on Thursday. He was 85. A Harvard-educated economist who became a powerful…

Exciting Hawthorn speedster Jed Anderson will return from a rough battle with pneumonia and play his first game of the pre-season for the Box Hill Hawks in the VFL on Saturday. Anderson, who just missed out…

People call it “pneumonia weather,” but new research indicates “stroke weather” may be a more fitting description for this spring’s meteorological madness.(Photo: Illustration) People call it…

Question: I've got a stocker operation in Falls County and this winter I lost more calves to pneumonia than I can remember. I know it was a cold winter, but too many calves died after I gave them strong…

About 18 children have died of pneumonia in the remote Khot village in Torkhow tehsil of the district, officials and local people said on Tuesday. District Health Officer (DHO) Chitral Dr Israrullah…

Eddie I. Fennell III, a Whitman College Dining Services employee, died of double pneumonia on March 8. He was 40. Fennell had recently completed 15 years of service to the University, and he was to be recognized for his years…

After a life-threatening incident a week ago, the outlook continues to improve for Indiana University wide receiver Isaac Griffith. IU football coach Kevin Wilson said Griffith is resting at home…

At least sixteen children died of pneumonia in Khot village of upper Chitral during last one month and more are reportedly affected by the deadly disease. District health officer Chitral Dr. Israrullah told…

A breakthrough study from University of Leicester shows low dose injections of artificial properdin provides substantial protection against septic diseases in mice. "I am really excited about this landmark…

The spread of virulent, antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae may be controllable through the use of competence-stimulating peptide (CSP) analogues, US researchers believe. Using a mouse…

Between vaccine refusal, drug resistant strains of bacteria, and the growing ranks of the immuno-compromised, it sometimes seems that we humans are losing our brief moment of superiority in the unending arms race against pathogens. But…

Fatali­ties occur within the last 12 days as big chill sweeps over Chitra­l. Dark clouds gathered over parts of the country on Sunday and Monday, triggering heavy rain in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally…

Health officials are warning thousands of San Francisco area commuters that they may have been exposed to measles by an infected college student who rode BART trains for several days. The student from the University of…

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher, lying in a coma in a French hospital since a December skiing accident, has overcome a lung infection, according to German daily Bild. The newspaper had earlier reported that…

F1 great Michael Schumacher who is currently in coma has recovered from the pneumonia which he had picked up in the French hospital according to reports. According to latest reports the 7-time Formula One champion had already…

Roughly 1,000 people attended the funeral for an 18-year-old Wayne State College football player who died. Eddie Key III was remembered Saturday at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln. The…

Consumers seeking medical care at night, on weekends, or without an appointment have more choices. But it’s important to understand providers’ limitations and costs. Limited-service clinics There are 48…

A doctor who diagnosed a woman with gastric flu a day before she died of probable pneumonia did not fall short of the standards that could reasonably be expected of a general practitioner, a Medical Council fitness to…

Pneumonia can lead to a dicey situation for a person’s health. But local officials say it’s hard to track data about pneumonia in the community. At Rockingham Memorial Hospital, for instance, they don’t code…

Ever notice how we often assume that newer is better? Most of us do that at one time or another. Sometimes, we’re right. Like yesterday, when I texted a family member visiting the west coast,…

There were lower rates of hospitalizations and ambulatory visits for pneumonia among children after the first 2 years of a 13-valent immunization program in Nicaragua, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric…

We recently brought you the story of the Helena man still hospitalized after falling ill from H1N1 around Christmas-time. Jim Stewart is the Helena man with H1N1 who has been hospitalized for more than six weeks at…

Patients who had bacteremia—mainly urinary-tract infections, pneumonia, or sepsis—when admitted to hospital were much more likely to have an MI or stroke within 30 days, compared with healthy controls or patients hospitalized for other…

When Andreas Forsland's mother developed severe pneumonia and went into septic shock and kidney failure, communication was hard. She lay in a hospital bed in Santa Barbara, Calif., on life support and unable to move or speak.…

Southern Nevada's desert bighorn sheep population could be in trouble because of an outbreak of pneumonia, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Pneumonia isn't contagious for humans, but the Department of Wildlife…

Do you get vaccinated for illnesses, such as pneumonia? I don't follow the recommendations and I bet you don't either. It's not that I haven't thought about the topic. In my experience, the shots can be costly and…

The survivors as well as families of victims of a deadly outbreak of legionnaires’ disease at a Scarborough nursing home will be sharing a $1.2 million settlement. Last week, Madame Justice Barbara Conway…

Pfizer has announced additional results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA) evaluating the efficacy of Prevnar 13 (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine ) in preventing a first episode of…