Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for ...

Feb. 18, 2026 Antibiotic resistance is racing toward a global crisis, with “superbugs” projected to cause over 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Now, scientists at UC San Diego have unveiled a ...

The advent of modern antibiotics contributed enormously to the dramatic extension of human lifespan since their discovery by virtue of their lethal and selective action against pathogenic microbes.

This campaign comes when on-time vaccination among the youngest New Yorkers continues to be low. Current data shows ...

Vaccines play an increasingly vital role in protecting our health. They directly protect us against a growing number of diseases, but there is more: Evidence is accumulating that they also help keep ...

Health authorities in Meghalaya, is awaiting laboratory test results to determine necessary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following the deaths of two Agniveer trainees at the Assam Regimental ...

Dr. Oswald Theodore Avery, Manhattan researcher of the famed Rockefeller Institute, will get the first $1,500 John Phillips Memorial Prize* when the American College of Physicians meets in San ...

A baby who died after being found unresponsive at a Sydney day care may have had a bacterial infection, an inquest has heard.

PNEUMOVAX 23 contains a mixture of inactive parts from 23 of the most common types of pneumococcal bacteria. PNEUMOVAX 23 is a vaccine given to help prevent infections caused by certain types of germs ...

Meningitis, vaccination coverage is too low in Campania: among children, it stands at around 50% for meningococcus B (the most common) and 60% for the other ACWY strains present in our ...

Save the Children delivered the first shipment of vaccines to South Kordofan in nearly three years on Monday, preparing to restore immunization services to a region long cut off by conflict. The ...

Does the patient have pneumonia or is the clinical picture due to some other problem? What is the microbial etiology of pneumonia? Where should the patient be treated? What is the best therapeutic ...