Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine reduces likelihood of severe pneumonia
A new study has found severe pneumonia decreases by 35 per cent in children who receive a vaccine against a pneumonia-causing bacteria.
Nov 12, 2019
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News tagged with pneumococcal vaccine
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indigenous Australians' vaccination rates too low and not improving
A new UNSW study has found that most adult Indigenous Australians are not receiving free flu and pneumococcal vaccinations.
Oct 17, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Survey: many U.S. adults not planning to get flu vaccine
(HealthDay)—Many U.S. adults, including some at the highest risk for the flu and pneumonia, do not plan to get preventive vaccines, according to a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago on behalf of the National ...
Oct 04, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumonia mapped in largest genomic survey of any disease-causing bacterium
Researchers have mapped the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia around the world and revealed how these bacteria evolve in response to vaccination. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Emory University (Atlanta, ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New single vaccination approach to killer diseases
Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat influenza and pneumococcal infections, the world's most deadly respiratory ...
May 20, 2019
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Medications
Reevaluating pneumococcal vaccine guidance: An analysis
If mitigating racial disparities in those who contract pneumococcal diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia, is a top public health priority, then recommending that all adults get a pneumococcal vaccine at age 50 would ...
Mar 04, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumococcal vaccine recs cause confusion among docs
(HealthDay)—While primary care physicians overwhelmingly recommend pneumococcal vaccines, there is a gap in their knowledge of how to implement related vaccine recommendations, according to a study published in the Journal ...
Oct 26, 2018
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Diabetes
Vaccines are critical if you have diabetes
(HealthDay)—If you have diabetes, you need all recommended vaccinations, the American Association of Diabetes Educators says.
Oct 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drop in childhood pneumococcal, Hib deaths from 2000 to 2015
(HealthDay)—Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) deaths in children decreased between 2000 and 2015, following introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and Hib vaccine, according ...
Jul 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccination coverage high for children aged 19 to 35 months
(HealthDay)—Vaccination coverage has remained above 90 percent for many vaccinations among young children, and progress is being made toward immunization information systems (IISs) program goals, according to two studies ...
Nov 09, 2017
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