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New Treatment for Pneumonia Reduces Mortality By 38%

If you suffer from pneumonia, the last thing you should consider is neglecting the condition. Although most people recover from it, there is a 30-day mortality rate of 5 to 10 percent of patients who get hospitalized. Therefore, new treatments…

March 12, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Michigan Confronts With a Rise in Legionnaires’ Disease Infections

Legionnaires’ disease is known to cause some pretty awful symptoms: cough that’s sometimes accompanied by the presence of blood, fever that can reach 40 C, gastrointestinal problems, shortness of breath, headaches, and more. The American state of Michigan currently reports…

July 21, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

First International Wuhan Pneumonia Case Has Been Recorded

A female tourist was quarantined in Thailand, becoming the first patient who was diagnosed with the new virus in a country other than China. The virus has already infected a significant number of people. The woman was picked up by…

January 16, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Unknown Virus Led To Pneumonia Outbreak In China

An unidentified viral illness spread at an accelerated pace among the residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan. Some voices argued that it could be the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), but this is not the case, according to health…

January 8, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Pneumonia Kills About 1 Million Children Under The Age of 5, Annually

700,000 children could die from pneumonia in Pakistan and 635,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a study carried out by the John Hopkins University in the US and the NGO Save the Children. Of the total 10.8…

November 13, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Pneumonia to be Caused by the Low Chlorine From the Water

Researchers say low chlorine levels in Flint’s water system amid the city’s water emergency in 2014 and 2015 and drove the bacterium Legionella pneumophila to multiply, causing a dangerous flare-up of Legionnaire’s infection. So what’s up with this disease? A…

February 7, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0