The CDC encouraged everyone to get flu shots despite low flu activity.
A study confirms that use of corticosteroids can be the best treatment for community-acquired pneumonia, reducing the mortality risk to three percent, mechanical ventilation need to five percent, and hospitalization to one day.
So far, the Legionnaire's disease outbreak has yielded 31 cases of infection and possibly two fatalities. The number of cases continue to rise particularly in the South Bronx region of New York City.
