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Health Encyclopedia: Atypical Pneumonia
Walking pneumonia; Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Prevention
There are no proven methods for preventing atypical pneumonia, and no vaccinations are available at this time for atypical pneumonias.
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Expert & Community Posts
Should People With Asthma Get the Pneumonia Vaccine?
By Fred Little , Health Expert...review the impact that severe infections from a common pneumonia bacterium can have on... Read more »
Seasonal Flu, Swine Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines for People With Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...plan into effect, focused on the seasonal flu and pneumonia. These respiratory infections can be... Read more »
It's Autumn: Do You Know Where Your Flu Shot Is Coming From?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...preventing winter viruses, including the flu and pneumonia. These respiratory infections can be... Read more »
Flu Shots could Prevent Stroke
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NJ Requires Flu Shots for Preschool Aged Kids
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...Sixth graders will be required to get meningitis vaccine, which is currently not required until... Read more »
Health Guide
Time for a Flu Shot?
...medical conditions, the flu shot is 30 percent to 70 percent effective in preventing hospitalization for pneumonia and influenza. Among elderly nursing home residents, the flu shot is most... Read more »Immunizations: Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Pneumococcal PneumoniaThe pneumococcal bacterium (also called Streptococcus pneumoniae or S. pneumoniae ) is responsible for many respiratory infections in the upper and lower airways. This bacterium... Read more »Immunizations: Haemophilus Type B
...vaccine may benefit older people who have had their spleen removed or illnesses that put them at risk for pneumonia, including sickle cell disease, leukemia, and HIV infection. Click the icon to... Read more »Immunizations: Varicella-Zoster Virus (Chickenpox)
...forming shallow erosions that crust over and then ultimately heal. Click the icon to see an x-ray of pneumonia following exposure to chickenpox.Chickenpox can be especially severe in adults and... Read more »Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Vaccination
...site.Severe Side Effects. Only about 5% of adverse reactions are serious. Such events include seizures, pneumonia, anaphylactic reaction, encephalitis, Stevens-Johnsons syndrome, neuropathy,... Read more »Related News
Vaccine for Healthy Preemies
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Government panel recommends smokers get vaccine
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New Tool Promotes Safe Immunization
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Earlier Vaccination Saves Babies? Lives
November 12, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A simple shift in your baby's vaccination schedule may... Read summary »
Another Step Toward Polio Eradication
October 24, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A polio vaccine that targets just one strain of the virus... Read summary »
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