Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be expected.

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

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has assembled nearly 200 stories and dozens of testimonials on the horrors of ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A clutch of viruses like RSV, human metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, and bacteria like streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus ... including pneumonia, meningitis, and epiglottitis.

At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.

Just-reported data from that study has shown that Vaxcyte's VAX-31 shot was able to stimulate a strong immune response against all 31 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae included in the ...