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.

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 ...

"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 ...

Pfizer’s latest-generation pneumococcal conjugate ... Metrics and Evaluations, 155,000 children under the age of five died worldwide due to pneumonia and meningitis caused by pneumococcus ...

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 ...

Marianna De León told Newsweek that she would not be able to live a full life had she not had them again after serious health battles.

The ending of the commitment to the World Health Organization by the United States poses as an existential threat to the well ...