A Northland teenager who suffered from meningitis has defied the odds by recovering to the point where he can walk and ...

Merck , known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the ...

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

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

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...

Togolese authorities confirmed over the weekend a resurgence of new meningitis cases in the Dankpen district, located in the ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

Pneumococcal vaccination reduces the risk of bacterial meningitis following cochlear implantation, as reported by a recent study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery journal. Meningitis ...

PCV20, which includes seven additional serotypes compared to PCV13, is expected to further increase protection against severe diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), responsible ...

Pfizer’s latest-generation pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is in line to reach more people in Latin America and the Caribbean through a joint effort with Argentina’s government, The Pan ...

ALTHOUGH penicillin is the drug of choice in the treatment of pneumococcal infections these infections usually respond well to early and adequate therapy with tetracycline. 1 Tetracycline is now ...