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Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine experts are expected to vote on expanding access to respiratory ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's panel of outside experts on Wednesday recommended the use of ...

One vote would have set flu vaccine recommendations for the 2025-2026 ... causing serious conditions such as pneumonia and encephalitis, and even death. Prior to the introduction of the measles ...

Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine’s Northwest region of hospitals Dr. Irfan Hafiz joins Bob Sirott to talk about who should get the pneumonia vaccine, a study of the impact of the ...

With half of hospital admissions for pneumonia affecting young and middle-aged adults, experts emphasize ...

These guidelines suggest evaluation ... to be prevented in low-risk patients who receive the vaccine, (those without risk factors for pneumonia), than in high-risk patients.

This vaccine helps protect against pneumococcal ... at greater risk of severe illness from pneumococcal pneumonia. The CDC's updated guidelines are intended to keep more people healthy and safe ...