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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 ...

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, including more than seven serotypes, will have potential for a larger effect than PCV7 in many countries, including Norway. A 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. is experiencing an outbreak of measles and is on track to have the most whooping cough cases since 1948; these ...

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 ...

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 ...