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Another vaccine option, updated ACIP recommendations, and data on a new monoclonal antibody Nov 08, 2024 ACIP Backs Extra COVID Vax Dose for Seniors, Pneumococcal Vax for Adults 50 and Up CDC advisors also formalize recommendations on extra COVID vaccine doses in the immunocompromised Oct 23...
"The main benefit of adult pneumococcal vaccination is to directly protect older adults who are exposed to children who may still carry and transmit some vaccine-type pneumococcal strains despite successful national childhood vaccination programs," Wyllie said in a meeting news release....
Of course, there's one way for grandma and grandad to cut their odds for bacterial pneumonia: Vaccination. Wylie's team noted that soon after kids routinely began getting the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), pneumonia illnesses among children fell by over 90%. Vaccines can p...