While children under five, particularly those under two, are the most vulnerable, pneumococcal diseases also affect adults.

The CDC revised its pneumococcal pneumonia shot recommendation, saying there is a substantial increase in the risk for ...

Pregnant patients in their third trimester and postpartum women showed higher risk for IPD compared with nonpregnant patients.

In India, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reached epidemic proportions, with population-based studies ...

Drug major Merck & Co. (MRK) announced Friday that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or ...

Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for CAPVAXIVE™ (Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for Pneumococcal ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting marketing authorization for the pneumococcal vaccine Capvaxive (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [21-valent]) intended to ...

Merck (MRK) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, of the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, recommended ...

Vaccination rates for shots that prevent diseases like polio, measles and others have fallen dramatically for some of the ...