Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the province of Quebec has added CAPVAXIVE®, a 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, to their publicly ...

The bacterial infection typhoid fever may clear, but its impact often doesn't. From gut-damage and liver stress to persistent ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis.

An impartial and rigorous evaluation of the quality, efficacy and long-term safety of the specific vaccine being administered is essential. Failure to provide clear, public data risks generating fear ...

A study in China finds that the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in cigarette butts is 1.24-fold higher than in plant litter and 1.48-fold higher than in soil.

Systematic Review of 15 Studies Focused on Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Pneumococcal Serotypes Covered by CAPVAXIVE in U.S. Adults ...

Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton died October 11 from bacterial pneumonia at age 79, her family told People magazine. Unfortunately, pneumonia, an infection that causes inflammation in the ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just drift around randomly. Instead, they use the thin protrusions of cells as a ...

A new study from the CDC found that infection rates for a drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise, increasing nearly 70% between 2019 and 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the NDM ...