Long-term infection with a bacteria that causes pneumonia could lead to chronic asthma, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers report in the February issue of Infection and Immunity ...

Two drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia that can kill up to 40 percent of people who contract it, researchers at the University of Virginia ...

The pneumonia vaccine is recommended for all adults with asthma, but a new study finds that only 42% of people ages 18 to 64 who have asthma getting it.

Feb. 22 (UPI) --A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found that common asthma drugs may be effective in protecting against a deadly form of pneumonia.

Asthma risk following pneumonia diagnosis during infancy was higher among children born during the PCV period (aOR = 3.8; 95% CI, 3.41-4.24) compared with children born in the pre-PCV period ...

In children with asthma, weighted incidence of pneumonia hospitalization per 10,000 patient-years was 14.5 in children using ICS and 14.6 in those not using ICS.

Dear Mary, Both asthma and pneumonia affect the lungs, or the respiratory system of a child. While asthma is a chronic allergic disease, pneumonia is most often an acute lung infection.

(HealthDay News) — Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) do not appear to be associated with the risk of pneumonia in children with asthma, according to a review published online Feb. 24 in Pediatrics.