ST. LOUIS • St. Louis University’s Center for Vaccine Development is beginning a clinical trial to test different doses of a new pneumonia vaccine, PCV13 Prevnar, in older adults. PCV13 Prevnar ...

Doctors have long urged people ages 50 and older to get a shot to protect against bacterial pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now agrees. On Wednesday, an independent group of ...

Dear Mary, Even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is undergoing major cultural changes and upheaval ...

Yes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does indeed recommend the pneumococcal vaccines for pneumonia for adults age 65 and older. They’re also recommended for younger people with ...

In October, the CDC lowered the age recommendation for the vaccine against pneumonia. Before, it was 65 and older. The health agency now says you should get the shot at age 50. KERA’s Sam Baker talks ...

Eligibility for this vaccination is suddenly a timely question. A senior health editor reports on her real-time experience.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The seven-strain pneumonia vaccine used in the U.S. beginning in 2000 has prevented 168,000 hospitalizations for the disease each year since, and its effectiveness showed ...

Health officials are warning about the rise of multiple infections this season — especially among school-aged children — including whooping cough and walking pneumonia. According to the Centers for ...

For the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th, pneumonia was a leading cause of death that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Sir William Osler – usually considered the ...