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2. CDC lowers recommendation age for pneumonia vaccine to adults ...

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   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now agrees. On Wednesday, an independent group of advisers to the CDC voted 14 to 1 to lower the age for routine pneumococcal vaccines to 50.

3. CDC panel lowers age for key vaccine. What older adults ...

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   The vaccine, which older adults need only once, protects against pneumococcus bacteria, the leading cause of pneumonia in older adults, said Dr. Jiansheng Zhao, an internal medicine doctor in the ...

4. Pneumococcal vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The polysaccharide vaccines, while effective in healthy adults, are not effective in children less than two years old or those with poor immune function. [1] [4] These vaccines are generally safe. [1] With the conjugate vaccine about 10% of babies develop redness at the site of injection, fever, or change in sleep. [1] Severe allergies are very ...

5. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Vaccination prevents against certain bacterial and viral pneumonias both in children and adults. Influenza vaccines are modestly effective at preventing symptoms of influenza, [12] [87] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends yearly influenza vaccination for every person 6 months and older. [88]

6. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - Wikipedia

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   Prevnar vaccine. Prevnar 20 (PCV20) is the third version of a vaccine produced by the Wyeth subsidiary of Pfizer.In April 2023, the FDA approved Prevnar 20 for the prevention of invasive disease caused by the 20 different serotypes of S. pneumoniae contained in the vaccine (serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 8, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B, 18C, 19A, 19F, 22F, 23F, and 33F) for individuals 6 ...

7. US FDA approves Merck's pneumococcal vaccine for adults - AOL

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   Merck's vaccine, branded Capvaxive, helped produce an immune response against all 21 serotypes, or variations of the bacteria, that the shot targeted in a variety of adult populations across studies.

8. Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, 'walking pneumonia ...

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   How to prevent RSV and walking pneumonia. To prevent RSV, there are three vaccines approved for adults ages 60 and older as well as some adults between the ages 50 and 59 who are at higher risk ...

9. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine - Wikipedia

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   Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, sold under the brand name Pneumovax 23, is a pneumococcal vaccine that is used for the prevention of pneumococcal disease caused by the 23 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae contained in the vaccine as capsular polysaccharides. [2] It is given by intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. [2]