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Just Over Half of Adults with Work-Related Asthma Report Having Received a Pneumococcal Vaccine

Flu shots and asthma
Source: Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

People with work-related asthma at high risk of pneumococcal pneumonia

Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017

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Authored by Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Adults with asthma are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, yet according to a new CDC study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, just 54 percent of adults with work-related asthma—asthma triggered by an exposure at work—have been vaccinated against the infection. CDC…

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