Consumer Health:  Recognizing the signs of pneumonia

World Pneumonia Day  will be observed Sunday, Nov. 12. This is a day designated to raise awareness about pneumonia, promote interventions to prevent and treat pneumonia, and generate action to combat pneumonia. Pneumonia causes more than 1 million hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths per year in the U.S., according to t he American Lung Association. Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus, causing cough with phlegm or…
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