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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that American adults over the age of 50 receive the ...

As of this week, 11 cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) have been reported in India, raising concerns about its potential ...

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.

Respiratory virus season has arrived, and hopefully you’re up to date on vaccinations that can help prevent infectious diseases including COVID, the flu, whooping cough, and respiratory syncytial ...

The severity of someone’s illness depends on the microbe that is causing it, their general health and their age.

At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 97 patients with pneumonia went to the emergency room between September and November, ...

Cases began climbing in the spring and peaked in late August, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

pneumoniae and plenty of folks may not seek care for milder symptoms, walking pneumonia may be more prevalent than the numbers show. (Plus, viruses and other bacteria besides M. pneumoniae can ...

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

It’s how contagious the organism that causes pneumonia is,” Dr. Khan said ... “The most common cause of bacterial pneumonia is Streptococcus pneumonia,” Dr. Khan said. “Getting your pneumococcal ...

Opens in a new tab or window The Gram-positive bacterium known as Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumococcal ... manifestations that include pneumonia, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD ...