In India, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has reached epidemic proportions, with population-based studies ...

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or tuberculosis. Symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to ...

The CDC revised its pneumococcal pneumonia shot recommendation, saying there is a substantial increase in the risk for ...

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

Merck (MRK) announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, of the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, recommended ...

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

Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children <5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against ...

Pneumococcal lobar pneumonia was chosen for this study because of the relatively sharp clinical end-point obtainable. A consecutive series of patients was treated with aqueous penicillin G given ...

There are around 100 different pneumococcal serotypes, causing non-invasive disease like pneumonia confined to the lungs and invasive disease where the infection can spread to the bloodstream or ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...