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The CDC revised its pneumococcal pneumonia shot recommendation, saying there is a substantial increase in the risk for infection beginning at age 50.

The flames of vaccine hesitancy have been stoked to a bonfire by fictitious stories by self-serving people like the nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services.

Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know ...

As Human and Health Services Robert F. Kennedy sat before the Senate Finance committee, his talk about vaccines made ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide rate of 90.6%.

In February, 1963, a tetracycline-resistant Type 14 pneumococcus was isolated from the sputum of a patient with sarcoidosis who contracted classic lobar pneumonia while on tetracycline therapy.

To his credit, Schaltz-Buchholzer criticizes RFK Jr for claiming that MMR causes autism and that the HPV vaccine causes ...

While children under five, particularly those under two, are the most vulnerable, pneumococcal diseases also affect adults.

Finally, let me offer one more reason to prevent the infection through vaccination if possible: A significant percentage of invasive forms of pneumococcus bacteria are now resistant to at least ...

Integral to all stages of Sp pathogenesis is the host-pathogen interaction mediated by pneumolysin (PLY), a key virulence factor produced by almost all clinical isolates and currently known Sp ...