Recognizing symptoms early is crucial, as timely medical intervention can save lives and lower the risk of severe ...

Gut microbiota may be the key factor explaining why certain individuals do not respond well to the pneumococcal vaccine-a bacterium that can cause various diseases, such as pneumonia.

A private school in Ernakulam, Kerala, has been closed until March 16, 2025, after five students showed meningitis symptoms.

Over the course of several weeks, Nigerians confirmed the deaths of at least 26 due to outbreak of meningitis. In Kerala, ...

Children can get free pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccinations in all medical centers across the country, the deputy health ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offers one-off tax-free payments of £120,000 to individuals who are 'severely ...

Jacob Oakie, 39, of Ocala, died last year in the custody of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office after developing pneumococcal ...

Here's what to know about the PCV shot for your little one, including when to get it and what it helps guard against.

Taiwan will expand its free pneumococcal vaccination program to include high-risk individuals aged 19 to 64 starting March 10 ...

This decision overrides a previous directive issued last month, which had mandated the meningitis vaccine for all Umrah pilgrims, regardless of their visa type. Previously, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of ...

Despite the availability of effective vaccines, pneumococcal pneumonia causes an estimated 150,000 hospitalizations each year. This is due in part to many eligible patients not receiving a ...

A MUM has described how her daughter was discharged from hospital with dehydration – just hours before blood started to “ooze from her eyes”. Sophie Ward, 20, tragically passed ...