Measles is making a troubling comeback in the U.S., driven by declining vaccination rates and rising vaccine hesitancy.

Immunization programs save millions of lives every year by protecting against preventable diseases. The immune response to ...

The vaccine protects against the serotypes responsible for the majority of adult invasive pneumococcal disease ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become rigid and ...

Vaccination with CAPVAXIVE may not protect all vaccine recipients. About pneumococcal disease Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by a bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae. There are ...

Babies treated with antibiotics in the first few weeks of their life are likely to show weaker immune responses to essential ...

Vaxcyte is awaiting data from another vaccine candidate for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) before advancing to Phase III ...

Vaxcyte's new pneumococcal vaccine may only have phase 1/2 results ... a strong immune response against all 31 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae included in the formulation, in adults aged ...

A 32-year-long surveillance study led by Sinai Health in Toronto has found that serious infections caused by group A ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae can ... individuals with SCD from life-threatening infections. Essential vaccines include pneumococcal vaccines (PCV13 and PPSV23) to help ...

This vaccine protects against pneumococcal ... The germs responsible for pneumococcal infections are bacteria called ...

Peter H. Gilligan, Ph.D., D(ABMM) emeritus and F(AAM) was a medical microbiologist at UNC Health for 35 years. Here, he ...