Pneumonia

Amid the rising number of influenza cases seen in the country, more patients are reporting pneumonia-like conditions and ear fullness, doctors said here on Saturday.

Respiratory infections contracted during early childhood are associated with an increased risk in death from respiratory illness between the ages of 26 and 73 years, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The study suggests that, although the overall number of premature deaths from respiratory disease was small, people who had a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), such as bronchitis or pneumonia, by the age of two were 93 per cent more likely to die prematurely from respiratory disease as adults, regardless of socioeconomic background or smoking status. Chronic respiratory diseases pose a major public health problem, with an estimated 3.9 million deaths in 2017, accounting for 7 per cent of all deaths worldwide, the researchers said. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused most of these deaths, they said. Infant LRTIs have been shown to be linked to the development of adult lung function impairments, asthma, and COPD, but it was previously unclear i

Pneumonia is the most common cause of fluid buildup in the lungs

Vaccine companies have warmed up to the idea of adult vaccines for other diseases such as pneumonia, flu and shingles as well

Pharmaceutical firm Wockhardt Ltd on Tuesday said it has initiated a global Phase III clinical study of its new antibiotic candidate WCK 5222, which will be completed in 18 months

Researchers in China first detected this new virus as part of routine surveillance in people with a fever who had reported recent contact with animals

SII has the capacity to produce 250 million monthly doses of Covishield

A newly identified drug may be used to effectively treat some patients hospitalised with Covid-19 pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal.

The acquisition along with capacity expansion and modernisation entails an investment of Rs 30 crore which Lincoln Pharma will fund through internal accruals

China on Monday reported an anthrax pneumonia patient from northern Hebei Province's Chengde city, who had contact history with cattle, sheep and products that come from these animals

Naseeruddin Shah, 70, was admitted to Khar Hinduja hospital on Tuesday.

Around 233,240 Indian children under five die due to pneumonia and diarrhea each year, says a report

India went in for an early lockdown and encouraged social distancing and other measures, unlike the Trump and Bolsonaro govts

many people have become sensitised to adult vaccination in the country as we await the first vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The Serum Institute of India first obtained the approval of the DCGI to conduct Phase I, II and III clinical trials of the vaccine in India

The infection was first confirmed on December 31 in Wuhan, a central Chinese city with a population of over 11 million, and initially sparked fears about a resurgence of the highly contagious flu-like

The disease is preventable but still kills more children -- 800,000 under the age of five last year -- than any other infection

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia is a condition that claims as many as 250,000 lives in the country, annually

The Indian market is at present dominated by GlaxoSmithKline Pharma and Pfizer

As many 880,000 children, mostly under the age of two, died from the disease in 2016, the most recent year for which full data is available