Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine-Pneumococcal Disease

*credit: www.soundmedicine.iu.edu Pneumococcal disease can cause sickness and death and kills more people in the U.S. every year than any other vaccine-preventable disease. The elderly, the very young, and those with health problems (alcoholism, HIV, certain cancers, diabetes, heart and lung disease) are at increased risk. What does it do? Here are some relevant facts:… [Continue Reading]

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