News tagged with invasive pneumococcal disease
Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Tuesday sought U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a bacteria that causes pneumonia and other diseases.
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Study finds increased risk of pneumococcal disease in asthma patients
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic research shows adults with asthma are at increased risk of serious pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common bacteria causing middle ear infections and community acquired pneumonia. ...
Pneumococcal vaccine does not appear to protect against pneumonia
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Review: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines effective at preventing child deaths
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective agains ...
Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts
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Oct 28, 2008 |
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A new predictive model shows that vaccinating infants with 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)--the current recommendation--not only saves lives and money during a normal flu season by preventing related bacterial ...
Despite vaccine, public should not get complacent about pneumococcal disease
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not get complacent, as non-vaccine strains, some ...
New vaccine shows promise for COPD patients at risk for pneumonia
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A new vaccine against pneumonia may offer better protection from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients than the currently accepted vaccine, according to recent research that will be published in the September ...
Pneumococcal disease rates down significantly post-vaccine
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Since the approval of a vaccine against pneumococcal bacteria for young children in 2000, rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) are down significantly in all age groups, while rates of IPD caused by non-vaccine strains ...
Protein predicts development of invasive breast cancer in women with DCIS
May 22, 2009 |
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Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School ...
Bacterial 'sex' causes antibiotic resistance
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Some disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics because they have peculiar sex lives, say researchers publishing new results today in the journal Science. The new study helps scientists understand how ba ...
FDA reviews update to Pfizer vaccine for kids
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
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