and meningitis (infection of the brain lining). These vaccines are not the same as a flu vaccine. Pneumococcal vaccines protect against a type of bacteria, not a virus such as the flu. Many babies ...

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 bar for immunogenicity standards ...

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

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

Meningitis is an inflammation ... All that takes years. For a pneumococcal vaccine that worked right in children, it took decades. Good adult vaccines were on the market by the early 1980s ...

Prevenar 13 does not replace the need for vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) or meningococcal vaccines that protect against other important causes of meningitis. You cannot catch ...

Drug major Merck & Co. (MRK) announced Friday that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or ...