The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the recommended age from 65 to 50 for adults to get vaccinated against a type of bacteria that causes pneumonia and other illnesses. The shots protect against a cluster of infections known as pneumococcal disease, including a common form of pneumonia; …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday expanded its Covid vaccine recommendations, urging some people to get additional doses of the updated shots. The agency said that people 65 and older and those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should receive a second dose of the vaccines that …
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In August, health officials recorded the first case of polio in Gaza in more than 25 years, in an unvaccinated 10-month-old baby whose lower left leg became paralyzed by the virus. Sadness and frustration washed over me when I first heard the news. It is outrageous that polio — which …
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Like many health care workers, I am required to receive my annual flu shot by the end of October. Every year, I wait until the last possible day to get vaccinated. That’s because a substantial body of research shows that flu shot effectiveness wanes markedly over time, just as that …
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