A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of pneumococcal meningitis in children and adults, according to a ...

It comes after an outbreak in Kent earlier this year when two people died, and in Dorset last month where three young people ...

A college student has died and two people are being treated after cases of meningitis in Reading, Berkshire, the UK Health ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - A UNCW film studies assistant professor died unexpectedly Sunday night after possibly contracting pneumococcal meningitis. Hannah Frank, 33, was described as "a beloved and ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine for adults 18 and older. The vaccine, which will be sold under the name Capvaxive, is designed to protect against ...

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The FDA approved a 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Capvaxive) for preventing invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults, Merck announced on Monday. Specifically ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. Now, researchers show in a study on rats that the ...