A case of pertussis have been confirmed in Lenoir County.The Lenoir County Health Department received confirmation that the ...

A lack of vaccination against respiratory pathogens was commonly identified among US international travelers, indicating the need to improve vaccine uptake at pre-travel visits.

Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that can disrupt your life for weeks and even land you in the hospital. Medical experts want you to know that there are steps you ...

Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, coverage for selected routine childhood vaccines remained below prepandemic levels.

Merck MRK announced that the European Commission (“EC”) has approved its 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (“PCV”), Capvaxive, for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease ...

However, the rotavirus vaccine (RV) is given by mouth through liquid drops. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis (DTaP ... Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus are bacteria that cause ...

This is an important study that examines the impact of Streptococcus pneumoniae genetics on its in vitro growth kinetics, aiming to identify potential targets for vaccines and therapeutics ...

Pneumococcal infections can be very serious ... vaccine if they have had a severe allergic reaction to any PCV vaccine or any vaccine containing diphtheria toxoid. (This includes the DTaP shot.) If ...

In an attempt to strike a pitch-perfect tone with Generation X, Pfizer has recruited Elizabeth Banks as the face of a new awareness campaign for pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination. Toward the end ...

Unfortunately, the proportion of children receiving all three doses of vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus ... children have access to pneumococcal conjugate and HPV vaccines. Coverage of ...

In Washington, vaccines required for students in preschool through 12th grade include DTaP/Tdap (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis), Hepatitis B, Hib (Haemophilius infleunzae type B), MMR (measles, mumps ...