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Asthma Drugs Could Prevent Deadly Form of Pneumonia, Research Suggests
February 22, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 22 -- The University of Virginia's Health System issued the following news release:

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 School of Medicine have found.

Influenza pneumonia results when a flu infection spreads to alveolar air sacs deep within the lungs. Normally, a flu infection does not progress that far into . . .

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