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Vaxcyte's new pneumococcal vaccine may only have phase 1/2 results behind it, but analysts are already predicting it could be a major competitor to rival shots from Pfizer and MSD. Just-reported ...

Just a month after getting approval for its new pneumococcal vaccine Vaxneuvance in adults, Merck & Co has reported positive trial results in children that will ramp up the pressure on Pfizer and ...

Over the past five decades, vaccinations have prevented more than 150 million deaths among humans from deadly infectious diseases. The once-dreaded infection small pox for instance, had been ...

A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work group on COVID-19 vaccines now supports ending the agency's pandemic-era recommendation for virtually all Americans to get ...

Many people have expressed worries about whether vitamin A can help prevent infection, whether they need a measles vaccine booster, or if measles can have long-term negative consequences on health.

(CNN) — Although the two-dose shingles vaccine may force you to lay low for a day or two after getting the shot, it’s over 90% effective against this painful disease and its complications.

In addition to increasing vaccine coverage in older adults, they need to monitor the changing epidemiology of pneumococcal serotypes causing invasive disease. [134] In the face of these changes ...

The ACIP voted to recommend a precaution related to the use of Ixchiq in patients aged 65 years and older. Recommendations for the use of chikungunya vaccine were recently discussed at a meeting ...

The ACIP voted that Penmenvy may be used as part of the adolescent meningococcal vaccination schedule as an alternative to separate administration of MenACWY and MenB. The Centers for Disease ...

Share on Pinterest Does the MMR vaccine’s protection against measles change over time? MNT asks experts. Image credit: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images. As the measles ...