Pneumococcal infections can be very serious – they include pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia (a blood infection), as well as usually less worrying ear infections and sinus infections. To protect ...
Vaccines are back in the spotlight after an outbreak of measles that started in Gaines County earlier this month has grown to nearly 150 cases throughout the state. Childhood vaccination rates have ...
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) reduce disease and colonization by the serotypes they cover. As of now, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that PCV15 and PCV20 ...
Under the new guidelines, the CDC recommends all children be vaccinated against 11 diseases, a decrease from the 17 ...
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccines that were studied were the PCV10 (GSK) and PCV13 (Pfizer). The saccharide in PCV10 is conjugated to nontypable Haemophilus influenzae protein D, tetanus toxoid ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) for all PCV-naive adults aged 50 ...