Pneumococcal diseases claim the lives of 1 million children annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). These ...

Children under five years of age, especially those aged two years or under, face a high risk of pneumococcal disease, which ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae-related infections have a major global impact on healthcare. Between 0.7–1 million deaths were attributed to pneumococcal disease among children under 5 years of age in ...

Children under the age of two are particularly vulnerable to pneumococcal infection, and incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease remains highest in the first year of life, according to Merck.

Researchers analyzed vaccine responses using genetically modified mouse models to study two types of pneumococcal vaccines-one commonly used in children ... to respiratory infections that can ...