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

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

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

A Northland teenager who suffered from meningitis has defied the odds by recovering to the point where he can walk and express himself, when doctors had previously warned he might be left unable to ...

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 ...

Kennedy is denying the facts – that vaccines are one of the most powerful interventions in history. That they have saved ...

A phase 2 study in children ... and meningitis," said Vaxcyte's chief operating officer, Jim Wassil. VAX-31 has the potential to be "a best-in-class pneumococcal vaccine capable of raising the ...

Introduction Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) caused by pneumococcus and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease ... with a first peak occurring in children and a second one occurring in later stages of life.

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