Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 9—(StatePoint) Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that can disrupt your life for weeks ...

Are you at least 50 years old? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal diseases, a type of bacterial disease that can cause multiple illnesses. The ...

"We [in medicine] tend to want to deliver a lot of data," says William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center. "Information is critical," he says, "but what's ...

(StatePoint) Pneumococcal pneumonia can disrupt your life for weeks and, in some cases, be serious or even life-threatening. To help adults understand how they can help protect themselves against ...

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 ...

—Among adults, coverage and preventable burdens were lowest for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) 15 and highest for PCV31, with PCV21 preventing notable burdens of both acute respiratory ...

The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease in children plummeted by 72% from 2002 to 2021; health care spending in the United States rose 4.1% in 2022 to $4.5 trillion; roughly two-thirds of Americans ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although vaccines have reduced the burden of pneumococcal disease, pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...

The increase in invasive pneumococcal disease across Europe is driven by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which also causes pneumonia and acute otitis media that can progress to invasive infections. Nearly ...

Getting sick is always uncomfortable and inconvenient. The good news is that you can prevent many common types of illness. Critical role of vaccines in general health Vaccines can help control and ...

In conjunction with World Immunization Week, Pfizer Indonesia, together with healthcare professionals has launched "For the ...