Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung infection that causes approximately 225,000 hospitalizations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than half (44%) of eligible respondents said they planned to get a pneumococcal vaccine; fewer than one in four (24%) said ...

Pneumococcal vaccination is associated with reduced hospitalisation due to pneumonia, pneumonia-related mortality, and the risk for lower respiratory tract infections requiring antibiotics in patients ...

SALT LAKE CITY – With the chill of winter comes a spike in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which spreads more easily as people retreat indoors and come into close contact. The lung infection ...

Older adults who received the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) were less likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia, even if they had comorbidities that increased their risk for bad outcomes from ...