Sentences with phrase «pneumococcal vaccine»

A team led by Ron Dagan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, wanted to know if a new pneumococcal vaccine based on tetanus toxoid would change infants» immune responses to the standard regimen of vaccines, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), and Haemophilus influenzae type B, which protects against meningitis.

Supporters of the AMC concept say that it addresses an immediate problem by providing a reason for manufacturers to provide pneumococcal vaccines to needy populations.

He says companies might also devote more research and money into preparing pneumococcal vaccines that protect more people in the developing world.

«If we don't have an AMC, we're going to have lifesaving pneumococcal vaccines developed for rich countries but there's not going to be enough capacity to supply them to the poor countries,» says Orin Levine, executive director of PneumoADIP at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Although the majority of childhood pneumococcal deaths occur in Africa, evidence of the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccines in routine use has largely been drawn from high - income countries.

Coverage for the Shingles vaccine and certain Pneumococcal vaccines which are not currently covered by the Act, is also needed.

Your baby will receive the DTaP, Hib, polio, pneumococcal vaccines (combined in two shots) and the rotavirus vaccine (given orally).

For example, the Hib vaccine has helped tremendously in reducing the number of ear infections in babies, and the pneumococcal vaccine can help to prevent them as well.

Find out how the pneumococcal vaccine protects young kids against some of the worst childhood diseases, including meningitis an...

At about two months of age, your baby should receive the DtaP vaccine, the pneumococcal vaccine, the Hib vaccine, the polio vaccine and the rotovirus vaccine.

Ensure your child gets the pneumococcal vaccine (if they are at least 2 months of age, and have not already had this shot).

Prevnar, a pneumococcal vaccine approved for sale last year by Wyeth, provides immunity to seven strains of the bacteria that are common in Western countries but represent half or less of the cases in parts of Africa.

«This study reinforces what the scientific community has known — that the pneumococcal vaccine saves lives.»

«There are already a number of successful vaccines that can prevent many cases of bacterial meningitis, including the Meningitis C, HIB and pneumococcal vaccines.

Doctors could potentially use the pneumonia prediction score to encourage older adults to get the pneumococcal vaccine that protects against pneumonia, as well as to counsel at - risk individuals about positive behavioral changes such as quitting smoking, said the researchers.

The top line has been greatly aided by a slew of successful new drug launches, which includes the anticoagulant Eliquis, the cancer drug Ibrance, and the pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13.