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

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   CORRECTION: (Oct. 24, 2024, 3:34 p.m. ET) Because of an editing error, a previous version of this article misstated the recommended dose for the pneumonia vaccine. It is intended as a single dose ...

3. It's Cold & Flu Season: Here's How to Tell if Your Senior ...

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   November 24, 2024 at 11:59 AM. ... Seniors 65 and over are at an increased risk of death from pneumonia, especially if they have preexisting health problems. ... Consider pneumonia vaccinations.

4. Pneumococcal vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The national vaccination program started including the pneumococcal vaccine for newborns in April 2006. [19] The Health Council advised in 2018 that those who are over the age of 60 should also be vaccinated on a 5-year recurring schedule. The resulting program from this, NPPV, started at the end of 2020. [20]

5. Could your cough be walking pneumonia? Here are the ... - AOL

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   Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

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. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine is widely used in high-risk adults. [4] First used in 1945, the tetravalent vaccine was not widely distributed, since its deployment coincided with the discovery of penicillin. [5] In the 1970s, Robert Austrian championed the manufacture and distribution of a 14-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.