... open-access journal PLoS Pathogens on September 19, may aid the development of novel pneumococcal ... lab is developing an inexpensive whole-cell pneumococcal vaccine that elicits a robust TH17 response ...
... a population of patients at high risk of heart attack, the study compared the rates of pneumococcal vaccine between patients having a heart attack and patients without such an event.
"After a number ...
... the effects of a future flu pandemic," says Klugman. Countries that have not yet implemented a pneumococcal vaccination program may want to consider this as part of their pandemic flu preparedness."
... Kingdom http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg48.pdf. In many industrialized countries, polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines (PPVs) are currently recommended to help prevent pneumococcal disease in people aged ...
A new trial has found that pneumococcal vaccine is effective in preventing severe pneumonia, the leading cause of death among children in developing countries. The large scale efficacy trial – first ...
... healthy young children.
A growing problem
A major reason for the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine in the childhood vaccination programme was a steady increase in the number of cases of ...
... from a vaccine-preventable disease. The researchers recommend including asthma as an indication for pneumococcal vaccination in adults. The results of the study were recently published in the October ...
... carriage were observed at 6 months in both vaccine groups compared with the control group. At 12 ... of PCV-7 significantly reduce vaccine serotype pneumococcal carriage in children. This study supports ...
... non-invasive pneumococcal disease. We believe our data provide the rationale for further study of the clinical efficacy of protein-conjugate pneumococcal vaccines in the high risk COPD population."
The introduction of pneumococcal vaccines for treating otitis media in children has not prevented complications from occurring, according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of ...
... of Public Health. "Low-income countries can now have the opportunity to introduce pneumococcal vaccine on an unprecedented timetable and at prices their governments can afford. We recommend that all ...
... influenza illness among infants born to vaccinated mothers while the number of serious respiratory ... selected to receive either flu vaccine or pneumococcal vaccine.
"Pregnant woman should be encouraged ...
Better pneumococcal vaccines possible … NASA announces revised launch dates … Study may lead to new heart disease drugs … Physicists discover 'dark flow' motion ... Health/Science news from UPI.
... pneumococcus infection," say the researchers. "Our results stress the importance of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in reducing the severity of hMPV and influenza virus infections by preventing ...
... model reporting of the disaster response.
"Evaluating the Capability and Cost of a Mass Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Clinic via Computer Simulation"
This research set out to determine ...
