Pneumonia News

A CDC advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that adults aged 65 years or older and anyone who is at least moderately immunocompromised receive a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine this season.

BOSTON — Researchers found an incremental association between the usage of health information technology and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among patients with COPD, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Cases of histoplasmosis are more common in rural areas of the United States and places with less health care infrastructure, according to a new study.

Although vaccines have reduced the burden of pneumococcal disease, pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and invasive pneumococcal disease remains prevalent.

Pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia spent less time in the hospital and receiving IV antibiotics when visited by a medical clown, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

The FDA has approved Merck’s 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which is specifically made for adults, the company announced.

Older patients with respiratory syncytial virus have higher complication rates than those with influenza, although both illnesses had comparable mortality rates, researchers found.

Around one in eight hospitalized adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in a Michigan study were inappropriately diagnosed, and most of those patients received unneeded antibiotics, according to a study.

Patients with COPD on antidepressants faced a heightened risk for pneumonia and exacerbations, according to results published in Thorax.