Did you know , Parents, that pneumonia in children is considered the number 2 killer of toddlers in Indonesia? It is not ...

Vaccination provides protection against pneumococcal infections, preventing complications like pneumonia and meningitis, ...

Infection can result in pneumonia, infection of the ... die each year globally as a result of pneumococcal diseases - about half of them are children younger than 5 years of age in developing ...

The vaccines achieved a 79% reduction in pneumococcal pneumonia caused by the capsular ... capsular polysaccharides in children and young adults aged 2 to 25 years with sickle cell disease ...

Older adults face greater health risks from pneumonia. Here are some tips to help prevent the respiratory infection - and why you should take extra care when dealing with it.

Vaccines against certain kinds of pneumonia exist for adults, but many high-risk patients do not routinely receive them. A relatively new pneumococcal vaccine for children called Prevnar ...

Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children <5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against ...

Protein conjugate bacterial vaccines for invasive pneumococcal diseases have revolutionized the epidemiology of invasive bacterial disease in young children in most of the developed world ...

Even with deaths, there are vaccines available to prevent the main causes of pneumonia in children and adults. Examples include the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), the Haemophilus influenzae ...