Thanks to mass immunization campaigns, by the year 2000, measles, once a common childhood illness with severe complications, ...

Pneumococcal vaccines are recommended for adults age 65 and older, smokers, younger people with weak immune systems, as well ...

MSD’s CAPVAXIVE vaccine has demonstrated promising results from the STRIDE-8 Phase III trial, which showed positive immune ...

Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced Thursday that its 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine, Capvaxive, approved in the U.S. to prevent ...

The trial evaluated the immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of CAPVAXIVE compared to PCV15 (pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine) in combination with PPSV23 (pneumococcal 23-valent ...

They are the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine PPSV23 (Pneumovax23), the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV15 (Vaxneuvance), and PCV20 (Prevnar 20). The numbers indicate how many strains ...

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23). Pneumovax23 protects you against 23 types of pneumonia bacteria. Children under 5 years old, adults over the age of 65, and other children and adults ...

You'll also receive PPSV23 if you had the vaccine called PCV15. You might need PPSV23 as well if you had an earlier vaccine called PCV13. Ask your doctor which vaccine is best for you. Tdap shot ...

Pneumonia may inflame the air sacs in one or both of your lungs, notes the Mayo Clinic. The sacs can fill with pus or fluid, ...

Immune responses in participants who received PPSV23 1 to 5 years prior to Prevnar 20 were diminished compared with immune responses in participants who received Prevnar 13 at least 6 months ...

I recently turned 65 and would like to know if am supposed to get the pneumonia vaccine? And if so, which type of vaccine do ...

They are the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine PPSV23 or Pneumovax23; the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV15 or Vaxneuvance; and PCV20 or Prevnar 20. The numbers indicate how many strains ...