Receiving routine vaccinations against common infections like tetanus, shingles, and pneumonia may offer an unexpected ...

Vaccines are designed to guard babies, toddlers, and older children against a whole range of serious and potentially deadly ...

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting marketing authorization for the pneumococcal vaccine Capvaxive (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [21-valent]) intended to ...

“Invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia remain critical public health challenges worldwide,” said Dr. Paula Annunziato, senior vice president, infectious diseases and vaccines, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have ended a long time ago, but the European Commission is still ordering 146 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, Berliner Zeitung reports. The costs, however, remain ...

You have a good eye. This past fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the recommended age for getting the vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia from those 65 and older to those ...

Though aluminum salts are not the only adjuvants on the market, vaccine makers often prefer them because of a lengthy track record of safety data. Each time a new vaccine that uses an aluminum ...

The hepatitis B vaccine is a shot, typically injected into the arm, that protects against hepatitis B in babies, children, and adults. It is an important way to protect yourself and your children from ...

Such decisions may include changing or rearranging flights where necessary. Here's how to easily track your plane and use that information to navigate potential disruptions more effectively. Every ...

Expert Rev Vaccines. 2009;8(8):1051-1061. Simply defined as an extension of the benefit of protection from immunization in those immunized to those unimmunized in a community, herd effect was key ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine’s maker, Merck, if confirmed. By Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...