New Vaccine Shows Promise For COPD Patients At Risk For Pneumonia, University of Alabama at Birmingham Study

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2009) — A new vaccine against pneumonia may offer better protection from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients than the currently accepted vaccine, according to recent research that will be published in the September 15 issue of the American Journal of the Respiratory and Critical Care Journal, a publication of the American Thoracic Society.