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 ...

Currently, the CDC recommends pneumococcal vaccination for adults ... Two years later, the agency expanded the vaccine label to include infants and children, between six weeks and 17 years of ...

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.

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 ...

For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the recommended age for those who should get a pneumococcal vaccine — down to 50, from 65. "Lowering the age for ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation from its scientific advisory panel to lower the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old.

In October, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted overwhelmingly to update its recommendation for pneumococcal vaccines. Now all adults aged 50 and older are recommended to get ...

The phase 1/2 Prevnar 20 head-to-head data that Vaxcyte revealed for its VAX-31 in adults ages 50 and older are “exceptional” and suggest “a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine category killer ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday endorsed additional doses of COVID vaccine for high-risk groups and recommended lowering the age for adult pneumococcal ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine for adults 18 and older. The vaccine, which will be sold under the name Capvaxive, is designed to protect ...