"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 ...

At the age of 7 1/2 months he had been hospitalized for bronchopneumonia and pneumococcal meningitis. Motor and mental development became slow after this illness, and a complete nerve deafness ...

PNEUMOVAX 23 contains a mixture of inactive parts from 23 of the most common types of pneumococcal bacteria ... can include signs of allergy such as skin rash, itching, pinkish, itchy swellings ...

Genital skin tags and genital warts can look similar, but the causes and treatments are different. Skin tags are usually oval or egg shaped. Genital warts can look like flat or slightly raised ...

Antibiotics can be used to treat a litany of illnesses, but one thing they can’t combat is a viral infection.

Allergies are an immune system reaction to substances called allergens. The cause a range of symptoms from a stuffy nose to itchy eyes to difficulty breathing. How long allergies last varies based on ...