Immunology
Many with work-related asthma not getting key vaccine
(HealthDay)—Only half of American adults with work-related asthma get the recommended vaccination against pneumococcal disease, a new study finds.
Sep 27, 2017
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News tagged with invasive pneumococcal disease
Cardiology
New research asks whether vaccination can prevent heart attacks and strokes for those at risk
A major national Monash University collaboration is now testing whether a safe, one-off vaccination can help to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Apr 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovery of T-cells that protect against deadly pneumococcal disease
A new study by University of Liverpool researchers reveals how resistance to bacteremic pneumonia is provided by a unique subset of lung T regulatory cells.
Feb 8, 2023
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Medications
Seniors need two pneumonia vaccines, CDC advisory panel says
(HealthDay)—Adults 65 and older need two vaccines to better protect them from bacterial infection in the blood (called sepsis), meningitis and pneumonia, according to a revised vaccination schedule from the 2015 Advisory ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows vaccination leads to decline in pneumococcal disease and antibiotic resistance
Wits University and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) released a new study, led by Wits academics, showing rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) - including cases caused by antibiotic resistant ...
Nov 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Weak immune system linked to serious bacterial infection in children
A new study has found a bacterial infection that can lead to pneumonia or meningitis is linked to weakened immune systems in children.
Oct 15, 2019
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Medical research
Team uses Google analytical tool to gauge vaccine effectiveness
Using a statistical method initially developed by Google, a Yale School of Public Health-led research team has devised a novel way to better analyze the impact of vaccines. The research was published in the Proceedings of ...
Feb 1, 2017
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Cardiology
How pneumonia bacteria can compromise heart health
Bacterial pneumonia in adults carries an elevated risk for adverse cardiac events (such as heart failure, arrhythmias, and heart attacks) that contribute substantially to mortality—but how the heart is compromised has been ...
Sep 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Serious pneumococcal infections may increase the risk of heart attack
Patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection according to a Vanderbilt study published in Clinical Infectious ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First European randomized trial confirms new pneumococcal vaccine highly effective in infants
A new conjugate vaccine is highly effective (93%) at preventing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD; meningitis, sepsis, bacteremic pneumonia, and other blood-borne infections) in infants younger than 2 years who are the most ...
Nov 15, 2012
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