Pneumonia News

French health officials reported the need to test for additional cases of the SARS-like coronavirus that appears to have emerged from the Middle East, as the novel virus continues to demonstrate its ability to spread among human populations.

While reported cases of the new 'novel coronavirus,' NCoV, appeared to be on the rise, health officials in the UK and in the UAE maintained the SARS-like virus is not a threat.

The Rev. Billy Graham was admitted to Mission Hospital in Asheville North Carolina on Wed. Nov. 30 for observation and treatment. He was suffering from congestion and a cough with a slight fever.

George Michael's publicist announced earlier this week that the British singer had been hospitalized at the AKH in Vienna a few hours before his scheduled performance there.

While immunization may be the best defense against swine flu, a new study shows that antioxidants in certain foods may also protect against H1N1 and help prevent lung damage from the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that a third of H1N1 deaths are attributed to co-infections with common pneumonia bacteria, prompting renewed focus on pneumonia vaccines.

As concern spreads over the advancement of pneumonic plague in China, researchers look at the spread of plague-carrying fleas and the global impact their distribution represents.

Some say usage of Pneumovax vaccine is underused against the H1N1 swine flu virus, and evidence exists that it may ward off unnecessary death.

According to researchers in a report on Monday, the H1N1 swine flu virus has disturbing similarities to that of the 1918 pandemic that killed millions worldwide. The new flu also causes pneumonia more than regular flu viruses.

It is not well known how the flu makes individuals more sensitive to pneumonia. Recently, scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied mice that were sick with the flu and identified one mechanism that hinders the immune system.