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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new recommendations for respiratory virus season vaccines—and ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday endorsed additional doses of COVID vaccine for high-risk groups and recommended lowering the age for adult pneumococcal ...

U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses. The recommendation was made by a scientific ...

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) reduce disease and colonization by the serotypes they cover. As of now, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that PCV15 and PCV20 ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted for expanded usage recommendation for Merck & Co Inc’s (NYSE:MRK) ...

While incidence of pneumococcal disease decreased or increased slightly between 2002 and 2011, the baseline health status of those with serious pneumococcal infections worsened over the study period, ...

WASHINGTON — Invasive pneumococcal disease in patients with no known risk factors may be linked to genetic susceptibility, according to a new study. "These findings may — in the future — help us ...

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 ...