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air quality 'very unhealthy', as damaging to lungs as smoking

VnExpress

hanoi and many northern provinces have recorded air quality index (AQI) levels exceeding 200 this winter, an emergency warning level that poses severe risks to lung and cardiovascular health.

Causes of recurrent pneumonia in children

VnExpress

Weak immunity, polluted living environments, and improper care can lead to recurrent pneumonia in children, even after treatment.

Pneumonia from chickenpox complications

VnExpress

Ms. Le, 32, developed scattered consolidation in both lungs, diagnosed by doctors as chickenpox virus causing superinfection and progressing to pneumonia.

Highly virulent pneumococcus threatens young children

VnExpress

Many highly virulent and rapidly evolving pneumococcal strains increase the risk of pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in young children.

'99,9% sure' it was cancer, turned out to be pneumonia

VnExpress

Two weeks after lung surgery for what was "99,9% certain" to be cancer, a 53-year-old woman was shocked when doctors determined the "tumor" was actually an infection.