The pneumococcal vaccine can protect you from an infection caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus. (Photo Credit: Bernard Chantal/Dreamstime) Pneumococcal disease can ...

An important step is getting pneumococcal vaccination if it's recommended for you. This vaccine helps protect against pneumococcal disease, including, pneumococcal pneumonia, bloodstream infection ...

on Wednesday endorsed additional doses of COVID vaccine for high-risk groups and recommended lowering the age for adult pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years. In an update to ...

What is the pneumococcal vaccine? This vaccine protects against pneumococcal infections, which mostly happen in children younger than age 5 and can lead to some dangerous childhood diseases.

"Pneumococcal vaccines at the moment are messy, and we're trying to make them a little bit coordinated with what's already out there," ACIP member Sarah Long, MD, of St. Christopher's Hospital for ...