Pediatric carriage rates have remained stable since 2018, and invasive pneumococcal disease incidence in young children was less than half that at the start of the vaccination program, with more than ...

"My goal is your goal. I want your child to be healthy... Here's how I recommend you get there." That's how C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program initiates ...

HONG KONG, Jun 20, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - - Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection, that is common in all age groups and can cause mild to life-threatening illness. It is also the single ...

Pfizer Inc. said a new version of its bestselling Prevnar vaccine may provide infants with better protection against common ...

Findings showed Capvaxive was noninferior to PPSV23 for each of the 12 serotypes present between the 2 vaccines. Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating Merck’s 21-valent ...

May 20 (Reuters) - Pfizer said on Wednesday its experimental pneumococcal vaccine showed significantly stronger immune ...

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved an expanded indication for ...

The phase 2 trial of the new vaccine – known as PF-07872412 or 25vPnC – revealed stronger immune responses to the serotypes ...

The Ector County Health Department has reported the first death of 2025 linked to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child younger than 5 years old. Health officials said that the child, an Ector County ...