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

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.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has assembled nearly 200 stories and dozens of testimonials on the horrors of ...

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Young children are especially vulnerable ... into Dhaka Shishu at the age of three with what turned out to be pneumococcal meningitis, was propped up in a small plastic armchair beside the ...

Just one in four (25%) people at high risk of pneumococcal disease, an infection that causes pneumonia—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health ...

A study evaluated a pneumococcal vaccine containing 8 (types 1, 3, 6, 7, 14, 18, 19, and 23) capsular polysaccharides in children and young adults aged 2 to 25 years with sickle cell disease ...

A phase 2 study in children ... and meningitis," said Vaxcyte's chief operating officer, Jim Wassil. VAX-31 has the potential to be "a best-in-class pneumococcal vaccine capable of raising the ...

Pfizer’s latest-generation pneumococcal conjugate ... Metrics and Evaluations, 155,000 children under the age of five died worldwide due to pneumonia and meningitis caused by pneumococcus ...