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

Within a day, the child was dead, felled by pneumococcus meningitis, often called strep pneumo. That is one of the potentially fatal illnesses for which babies are normally vaccinated, receiving a ...

"As a resident, I cared for a young, unvaccinated child admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with life-threatening Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. This devastating illness ...

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Sinusitis can cause facial pressure, sinus headache, and other symptoms. Treatment may depend on the cause. A sinus infection, also known as sinusitis or rhinosinusitis, occurs when your nasal ...

You have a good eye. This past fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the recommended age for getting the vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia from those 65 and older to those 50 ...

Mullein is an expectorant, which means it helps the body expel excess mucus. It usually works by helping make your coughs more productive, allowing you to clear mucus from your chest or throat.

Yellow or green discharge (pus) in the eye The eyelids are stuck (matted) together with pus after sleep After being wiped away, the pus comes back during the day Often caused by a bacterial eye ...

A narrowing of the smallest airways in the lung (bronchioles) causes wheezing. This narrowing results from swelling caused by a virus. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes most bronchiolitis.