The Australian government announced last week there's a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease on the National Immunization Program for all children. Val Kilmer, the actor behind iconic characters from ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with asthma are at increased risk of serious infection with pneumococcal bacteria, according to a new analysis of medical records. The findings, along with the high ...

Since 1993 we have prospectively identified children with invasive infections caused by S. pneumoniae in the inpatient and outpatient setting at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX. Pneumococci ...

The CDC revised its pneumococcal pneumonia shot recommendation, saying there is a substantial increase in the risk for infection beginning at age 50.

Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended expanding the use of vaccines to adults between 50-64 years to protect against pneumococcal disease. The ...

For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending adults as young as 50 get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. The recommendation is a 15-year drop from the ...

The shots on your child's vaccine schedule all play an important role in protecting your little one from preventable illnesses. One of them — pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) — targets a common ...

Respiratory diseases like COVID-19, flu, pneumococcal disease, and RSV don’t affect everyone equally. For adults and children ...

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