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Latest News
Acid Suppressing Drugs May Raise Pneumonia Risk (10/26/2004, Reuters Health)

From the National Institutes of Health
Pneumococcal Pneumonia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Overviews
Pneumonia (American Lung Association)
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Pneumonia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Diagnosis/Symptoms
Radiography (X-Ray): Chest (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov: Pneumonia (National Institutes of Health)

Specific Conditions
Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Walking Pneumonia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Prevention/Screening
Current Vaccine Delays and Shortages (National Immunization Program)
Health Groups Reinstate Recommendation for Third Dose of Pediatric Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Related Issues
HIV/AIDS and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing (American Medical Association)

Research
Giving Antibiotics Within Four Hours of Arrival at a Hospital Improves Outcomes for Older Patients With Pneumonia (American Medical Association)
Three Days of Antibiotics as Effective as Five for Treating Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (American College of Physicians)

Statistics
FASTATS: Pneumonia (National Center for Health Statistics)

Children
Pneumococcal Vaccine: When Is It Appropriate for Older Children (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)

Teenagers
Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)

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The primary NIH organization for research on Pneumonia is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases