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.

There are two leading causes of pneumonia, which claims the highest ... has only recently expanded to low-income countries and pneumococcal vaccine is not yet included in national immunization ...

Pneumonia, or pneumococcal, immunization programs in ... as it’s the same bacteria that causes pneumonias. You can take steps at home to prevent pneumonia from affecting your family.

Just one in four (25%) people at high risk of pneumococcal disease, an infection that causes pneumonia—children younger than ...

The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV ... Among COPD patients, the effectiveness of PPV in preventing pneumonia and/or acute infective exacerbations is unclear. A controlled trial reported ...

V116 (PCV21) was more cost-effective than PCV20 alone and PCV15 plus PPSV23 for the prevention of adult pneumococcal disease.

Sabella recommends young children get the pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine, which protects against a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae, even though it doesn’t prevent walking pneumonia.

Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children <5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against ...

Invasive pneumococcal disease can lead to meningitis, an infection that causes inflammation in the ... adults are hospitalized with pneumococcal pneumonia each year, Platt said.

Pneumonia is usually the result of a bacterial or viral infection and you can catch pneumonia from someone who already has it, as you can with the common cold.