A press release from the Medical Research Council-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, stated that the World Health Organisation ...

In a tragic incident a five-year-old girl lost her life after being misdiagnosed with tonsillitis later confirmed to be ...

Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection, that is common in all age groups and can cause mild to life-threatening ...

Lila was kept in for further observations. Rachael said she was again 'reassured' she 'wouldn't have meningitis'. Lia was ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has on 15th May, 2025 approved a vaccine (Capvaxive) for people aged 18 years and older to help protect against illnesses caused by ...

More information: Niels Vander Elst et al, Bacteriophage-derived endolysins restore antibiotic susceptibility in β-lactam- and macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, Molecular ...

The pneumococcal vaccine helps prevent several pneumococcal diseases caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae, including: Bacterial meningitis, an infection of the covering of the brain and spinal ...

In one, a pediatrician from Raleigh, North Carolina, spoke of a baby in the 1990s with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis, a life-threatening disease.

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide rate of 90.6%.

“Despite the effectiveness of current vaccines, Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths globally in children under five and IPD, including meningitis and ...

Understand pneumococcal disease, and learn how you can safeguard your child from it. THERE are many threats to our children’s health. The figures say it all. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...