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

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

What are the current CDC recommendations for vaccines? Here's the list from the government website as of Jan. 30, 2025.

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

The ACIP-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025 have been published.

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

HealthDay News — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025 have been published in the Jan. 16 issue ...

(HealthDay News) — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...

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According to the CDC, the virus accounts for as many as 80,000 hospitalizations and 300 deaths in children 5 years and under ... Pneumonia. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumococcal ...

But how well do we protect ourselves from serious illnesses like pneumococcal disease? And how well does our government safeguard both individuals and the healthcare system from its impacts?

After the first PCVs were introduced in 2000, there was a reduction in pneumococcal disease among children. Designed specifically for adults, V116 contains 8 unique serotypes not found in any ...