The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that American adults over the age of 50 receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or PCV.

At the 116,865 pre-travel visits, 25% of travelers were eligible to receive the pneumococcal vaccine, but only 68% of the ...

Antimicrobial resistance and serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae have been evolving with the widespread use of antibiotics and the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV).

As we age, our immune systems naturally weaken, making seniors more vulnerable to certain infections. Pneumonia, shingles, ...

As its name implies, walking pneumonia is a kind of pneumonia (an infection where the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid ...

Rates of invasive pneumococcal disease are at their highest levels since 2004. While more effective vaccines have been ...

Walking pneumonia differs from other respiratory infections like flu or cold because it quickly settles in the chest and can leave people feeling short of breath. With walking pneumonia, any ...

Kolkata: The city continues to reel under a spate of respiratory viral and bacterial infections with the mercury on a yo-yo ...

Immunisation has saved millions of lives, but new vaccines are urgently needed. Now we know where to focus our efforts first ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...