The recommended first age at which Americans should get thepneumococcal vaccinehas been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPreventionannounced Wednesday. "Lowering the age forpneumococcal vaccinationgives more adults the opportunity to protect themselves from pneumococcal dise...
Two of the vaccines that are strongly recommended are influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. These two vaccines can significantly protect you fromrespiratory infections, decrease the duration of hospital stay, and cut down the mortality rates. The influenza vaccine is created each year depending on the ...
Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) may include meningitis, osteomyelitis, and septic arthritis. Understanding the potential risks associated with pneumococcal disease, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provided newrecommendations to improve vaccine coverage and protectio...
Initial priming with a conjugate vaccine enhances the antibody response to subsequently administered vaccines, informing the currently recommended approach. In the United States, two conjugate vaccines are available: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)-15 and PCV-20. Vaccine-naive adult patients with can...
All smokers should receive the pneumococcal vaccine, advisors to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended in October. It is the first time smokers have ever been targeted for vaccination. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all smokers ...
pneumococcal vaccine series. Adults 65 or older have the option to get PCV20 if they have already received PCV13 (but not PCV15 or PCV20) at any age and PPSV23 at or after the age of 65. These adults can talk with a vaccine provider and decide, together, whether to get PCV20....
came after an announcement that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the vaccine, marketed asPrevnar 13. The agency approved the vaccine for active immunization of infants and children aged 6 weeks through 5 years againstStreptococcus pneumonia–caused invasive pneumococcal diseases,...
Pneumococcal Carriage and Antibiotic Resistance in Young Children Before 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine Author(s): Wroe, PC; Lee, GM; Finkelstein, JA; Pelton, SI; Hanage, WP; Lipsitch, M; Stevenson, AE; Rifas-Shiman, SL; Kleinman, K; Dutta-Linn, MM; Hinrichse... PC Wroe,GM Lee,JA Fi...
The ACIP is the vaccine advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Such infections are caused bypneumococcal bacteria, and older people have an increased risk of life-threatening infection from these bacteria.
For example, she said, about 62 percent of adults 65 and over have received thepneumococcal vaccine, which protects against sometimes life-threatening meningitis, pneumonia andblood infections. As with most vaccines, most of those vaccinated are white, she noted, with blacks, Asians and Hispanics ...