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 ...

Amid the growing importance of pneumococcal vaccination to prevent pneumonia during the change of seasons, confusion is ...

Over one hundred years ago, the gold mining industry of South Africa had a problem: too many workers were dying from ...

Healthcare providers may choose to increase the pace of polio vaccines for children traveling to a high-risk country. Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus are bacteria that cause pneumococcal ...

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 ...

Merck (MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that the European Commission, or EC, has approved CAPVAXIVE, or ...

Vaccines may or may not be required by schools or employers depending on the specific vaccine and what the state and local laws are in your area. In some places, proof of vaccination is required for ...

One by one, at a Clearwater town hall on Saturday, Pinellas County constituents took turns addressing a "missing" poster of Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla., expressing discontent with President ...

The MMR vaccine’s two dose-regimen is 97 percent effective against measles infection. But because the disease is highly contagious, 95 percent of a population needs to be vaccinated to achieve ...

In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively. The vaccine has proven safe ...