The American Lung Association reports more than 150,000 people are hospitalized with pneumonia each year, leading to roughly ...

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation of injection-site necrosis in some people who received the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine has concluded that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past several years, adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations have evolved based on the development of ...

V116 elicited immune responses that were noninferior compared to PPSV23 for the 12 serotypes (or strains) common to both vaccines, as measured by serotype-specific opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) ...

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced results from STRIDE-8, a Phase 3 trial evaluating CAPVAXIVE™ (Pneumococcal ...

Vaxcyte Inc. (NASDAQ:PCVX) is one of the best stocks to buy and hold for the next 6 months. On February 11, Vaxcyte Inc. (NASDAQ:PCVX) confirmed the dosing of the first participants in its OPUS-3 ...

Despite the rise in pneumococcal disease among UK adults aged 65 years and older, revaccination with the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) does not appear to offer any clear clinical ...

National-level CDC surveillance data shows CAPVAXIVE covers the serotypes responsible for approximately 84% of invasive pneumococcal disease cases, compared to approximately 52% covered by PCV20 ...

A study by Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, MD, of the Infectious Diseases department at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and colleagues, examined the medical records of ...

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that can disrupt your life for weeks and even land you in the hospital. Medical experts want you to know that there are steps you ...