Recent news on Pneumococcal Vaccine

Pneumococcal vaccine gets green light  -  May 5, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Health Minister Pete Hodgson today said (subs: Sunday) that pneumococcal vaccine would be put on the free immunisation schedule for 2008 - giving children

Pneumococcal Vaccine Cuts Disease 90% in Kids with Sickle Cell  -  May 2, 2007
MedPage Today,By Michael Smith, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 2 -- The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease among children with sickle cell

Funding extended for pneumococcal vaccine  -  May 6, 2007
Newstalk ZB,The Government has announced it will extend funding for a life-saving drug for all New Zealand children. The Prevenar vaccine is used to prevent the

Increase in Serious Pneumococcal Infections Not Covered by ...  -  May 1, 2007
Infection Control Today,...bacteria that are not covered by the current childhood pneumococcal vaccine, indicating the importance of ongoing surveillance of vaccine effectiveness,

Increase Seen In Pneumococcal Infections Not Covered By Childhood ...  -  Apr 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...by the current childhood pneumococcal vaccine, indicating the importance of ongoing surveillance of vaccine effectiveness, according to a study in JAMA.

New pneumococcal vaccine for kids leading to surge in new non ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Canada.com,And Prevnar's maker, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, is currently testing a second generation pneumococcal vaccine that would protect against 13 serotypes.)

Vaccine fight finds success  -  May 11, 2007
Auckland stuff.co.nz,Health Minister Pete Hodgson says the pneumococcal vaccine would be put on the free immunisation schedule for next year, giving children the best available

Increase in Pneumococcal Infections That are Not Covered by Vaccine  -  Apr 25, 2007
MedIndia,...serious infections caused by strains of pneumococcal bacteria that are not covered by the current childhood pneumococcal vaccine, according to a study.

Vaccine available free to NZ kids from June '08  -  May 5, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,General manager Fiona Colbert said that Health Minister Pete Hodgson today agreed to put the pneumococcal vaccine on the free immunisation schedule for 2008

Govt to fund pneumo menin vaccine  -  May 5, 2007
TVNZ,New Zealand already vaccinates against the B strain of meningitis and concerned parents have fought hard to have the pneumococcal vaccine added.

Pneumococcal Vaccination Funding Welcomed  -  May 8, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,...“The pneumococcal vaccine has been highly effective in overseas programmes, and has an excellent safety profile� says Dr Nikki Turner, Director of the

Racial gap in vaccine rates is shrinking  -  May 23, 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,The same climb in adult immunization was seen for pneumococcal vaccine, a vaccine given one time that can prevent pneumonia, blood infections and meningitis

Govt Congratulated on Pneumococcal Decision  -  May 6, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,New Zealand Country Manager, Kerry Tannion, said New Zealand infants will now have free access to the pneumococcal vaccine when it is incorporated into the

Pneumococcal Disease Rebounding in Alaskan Native Children  -  Apr 25, 2007
MedPage Today,ANCHORAGE, April 24 -- After responding well to the heptavalent childhood pneumococcal vaccine for three years, Native Alaskan children are falling ill from

South Africa: Expansion of Vaccine Regime 'A Problem'  -  Apr 26, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The high price tag of Wyeth's new pneumococcal vaccine, branded Prevenar, was also a major obstacle for a middle-income country such as SA, he said.

Expansion of vaccine regime ‘a problem’  -  Apr 25, 2007
Business Day,The high price tag of Wyeth’s new pneumococcal vaccine, branded Prevenar, was also a major obstacle for a middle-income country such as SA, he said.

Pneumococcus back with a vengeance  -  May 11, 2007
National Review of Medicine,Good news for Dr Singleton: a new pneumococcal vaccine, this time by GlaxoSmithKline, should soon be on the market and will cover some of the emerging

Increase in Pneumococcal Infections not Covered by Childhood Vaccines  -  Apr 25, 2007
Ivanhoe,...childhood pneumococcal vaccine, indicating the importance of ongoing surveillance of vaccine effectiveness, according to researchers in a new study.

Child jab causes new strains  -  Apr 30, 2007
Healthcare RepublicThe pneumococcal vaccine, recently introduced into the child immunisation programme, can lead to outbreaks of new strains of the bacteria, data from the US

New Pneumonia Strains Emerge In Alaska Native Children  -  Apr 25, 2007
Playfuls.com,...of serious infections because of vaccine-resistant strains of pneumococcus bacteria that are not covered by the current childhood pneumococcal vaccine.

'Government's delay has cost lives'  -  May 7, 2007
TV3 News,The Government's announced it will spend $68 million over the next four years, adding the pneumococcal vaccine to the free immunisation schedule.

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World’s Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 9, 2007
HispanicBusiness.com (press release),...--> Washington, DC--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--May 7, 2007--International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise

Global Health Experts Unite To Combat The World's Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 8, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise awareness and encourage global prevention of pneumococcal

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World's Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 7, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise awareness and

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World's Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 7, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),WASHINGTON, May 07, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World’s Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 7, 2007
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),Washington, DC--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--May 7, 2007--International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise awareness

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World's Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 7, 2007
Infection Control Today,WASHINGTON, DC -- International experts in the fields of health and infectious diseases have joined forces to raise awareness and encourage global

Narrowing Racial Gap in Elderly Vaccinations in New York County ...  -  May 23, 2007
Kaiser network.org,In addition, 74% of blacks said they received a pneumococcal vaccine in 2005, compared with 42% in 2000. Nancy Bennett, Monroe County's deputy health

New Sickle Cell Vaccine Shows Promising Results  -  May 3, 2007
Vaccine Rx (press release),A vaccine introduced only 6 years ago aimed at reducing bacterial infection among children susceptible sickle cell disease SCD has shown great promise.

Pneumococcal Vaccination Program  -  Apr 26, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),By the end of 2005, 91.1 per cent of Australian children were fully vaccinated with three doses of pneumococcal vaccine. Before the introduction of the free

Health Given Low Priority In Budget  -  May 16, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,...the Cancer Control strategy, information technology, the pneumococcal vaccine, the Get Checked diabetes programme, and primary care mental health.

Vaccines for lung diseases pushed  -  Apr 26, 2007
Manila Standard Today,THE Philippine Foundation for Vaccination yesterday aired its support to the World Health Organization’s call to all governments to include in their

Pharma Sector: Few Newsmakers Of The Week - Ista, Wyeth, Bristol ...  -  May 12, 2007
Trading Markets,By the end of 2008, antibiotic treatment Zosyn, antidepressant Effexor and pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar would have lost patent exclusivity.

Pneumonia can add to lung damage  -  May 15, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),If you haven't already done so, I'd suggest that you get a pneumococcal vaccine, which will help protect you against Streptococcus pneumoniae — the most

Assessing lung damage after pneumonia Ask Dr. H Mitchell Hecht  -  May 8, 2007
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,If you haven’t already done so, I’d suggest that you get a pneumococcal vaccine, which will help protect you against Streptococcus pneumoniae — the most

Questions And Answers - Wednesday, 9 May 2007  -  May 8, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Barbara Stewart: Would the Minister concede that his statement about pneumococcal vaccine that “This type of ‘herd protection’ may result in direct medical

Increase in pneumococcal infections not covered by childhood vaccine  -  26 Apr 2007
News-Medical.net,...bacteria that are not covered by the current childhood pneumococcal vaccine, indicating the importance of ongoing surveillance of vaccine effectiveness,

Wyeth Urges Support For Pneumococcal Vaccine  -  Apr 18, 2007
Vaccine Rx (press release),A renowned pharmaceutical company is urging South Africa to consider what it considers a vital move - constant immunization of children against the

Pharmaceutical company supports the use of pneumococcal vaccine  -  Apr 18, 2007
Citizen,JOHANNESBURG – South Africa should routinely immunise children against a bacterial infection which causes meningitis and pneumonia, said a pharmaceutical

Following WHO Recommendations To Prioritize Introduction of ...  -  Apr 13, 2007
Kaiser network.org,Health officials in South Africa might add a vaccine to protect against pneumococcal diseases to its national immunization program for children after a

Controversial pneumococcal vaccine ad  -  Apr 13, 2007
Polish Market,A television commercial for a pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar, showing a dying child and its desperate mother, was banned by the main pharmaceutical

Pneumococcal vaccine cuts ear infections in kids  -  Apr 9, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,A Wyeth vaccine to fight common bacterial diseases has produced significant and unexpected drops in repeat ear infections and the need for inserted ear

This Week in JAMA  -  Apr 24, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Routine childhood immunization with the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) has reduced the rates of vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in US

Pneumococcal Vaccine Lowers Risk of Ear Infection  -  Apr 5, 2007
Insider Medicine,Children with frequent ear infections benefit the most from the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, say researchers in a report published in Pediatrics.

Pneumococcal Vaccine Helps Prevent Kids' Ear Infections  -  Apr 4, 2007
The Ledger,In 2000, a pneumococcal vaccine became commercially available for children under 2. Sold under the brand name Prevnar, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Wyeth's pneumococcal vaccine beats promise, study says  -  Apr 2, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,By Michael Conlon. CHICAGO – A Wyeth vaccine to fight common bacterial diseases has produced significant and unexpected drops in repeat ear infections and

WHO introduce new vaccine to fight pneumococcal disease  -  Apr 3, 2007
Moneycontrol.com (press release),...“This decision is an important step in the introduction of a safe and effective pneumococcal vaccine for developing countries.�

Wyeth's pneumococcal vaccine beats promise: study  -  Apr 2, 2007
ABC NewsBy Michael Conlon. Apr 2, 2007 — CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Wyeth vaccine to fight common bacterial diseases has produced significant and unexpected drops in

Wyeth's Pneumococcal Vaccine Beats Promise-Study  -  Apr 2, 2007
Reuters.uk,By Michael Conlon. CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Wyeth (WYE.N: Quote, Profile , Research) vaccine to fight common bacterial diseases has produced significant and

Pneumococcal Vaccine Developer Dies  -  Mar 30, 2007
Post ChronicleDr. Robert Austrian, developer of a lifesaving pneumococcal vaccine, has died of a stroke in Philadelphia at the age of 90.

Pneumococcal vaccine developer dies  -  Mar 30, 2007
United Press InternationalPHILADELPHIA, March 30 (UPI) -- Dr. Robert Austrian, developer of a lifesaving pneumococcal vaccine, has died of a stroke in Philadelphia at the age of 90.

New children’s jab ‘could save thousands’  -  Apr 18, 2007
Business Day,Two months ago, SA’s National Advisory Group on Vaccines urged the department to include Wyeth’s new pneumococcal vaccine, branded Prevenar,

South Africa: New Children's Jab 'Could Save Thousands'  -  Apr 19, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Two months ago, SA's National Advisory Group on Vaccines urged the department to include Wyeth's new pneumococcal vaccine, branded Prevenar,

Robert Austrian, 90, Dies; Developed Major Vaccine  -  Mar 29, 2007
New York Times,Dr. Robert Austrian, who developed a pneumococcal vaccine that has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, died Sunday in Philadelphia.

Strep Vaccine for Kids Cuts Pneumonia Even Among Adults  -  Apr 6, 2007
MedPage Today,Explain to interested patients that the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, introduced in 2000, is intended to prevent disease caused by Streptococcus

Researcher's vaccine saved countless lives  -  Mar 30, 2007
Long Beach Press-Telegram,NEW YORK - Dr. Robert Austrian, who developed a pneumococcal vaccine that has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, died on Sunday in

Childhood Vaccine has Unexpected Benefit  -  Apr 5, 2007
KSL-TV,The benefits of the pneumococcal vaccine don't end there. Dr. Sigg says since it boosts immunity to bacterial infections, they now treat what ear problems

Vaccine Cuts Pneumonia In Kids By 40 Percent  -  Apr 6, 2007
NBC5.com,CHICAGO -- Since its introduction in the year 2000, the pneumococcal vaccine has cut the rate of pneumonia-related hospitalizations in young children by

Vaccine reduces tots' ear infections  -  Apr 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Widespread use of a pneumococcal vaccine has reduced the incidence of infections and the need to insert pressure-relief tubes in the ears of young children

Dr. Robert Austrian, Leader in the Fight Against Pneumococcal Diseases  -  Apr 3, 2007
UPENN Almanac,...issue of The New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Austrian and others conclusively established the protective efficacy of the pneumococcal vaccine.

Childhood Vaccine May Combat Ear Infections  -  Apr 4, 2007
KDKA,It showed repeat infections and ear tubes by age 2 were down by 25 percent since the pneumococcal vaccine was introduced in 2000.

Robert Austrian; His Research Led to Pneumococcal Vaccines  -  Mar 30, 2007
Washington Post,The first pneumococcal vaccine was introduced in 1945, but doctors tended to rely on penicillin even in cases where the antibiotic was least effective.

Pneumococcal Vaccination and Otitis Media Study  -  Apr 12, 2007
Vaccine Rx (press release),A research team from Wake Forest University Medical Center examined the impact of the pneumococcal vaccine on cases of otitis media in children in Tennessee

Full Text  -  Apr 5, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)The role of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in reducing influenza-associated morbidity has recently been demonstrated (9). Children who received the vaccine

Robert Austrian dies  -  Apr 2, 2007
Scientist,Over the course of his life he went "from the bench to the bedside to lobbying the medical community" about the importance of the pneumococcal vaccine,

New Immunizations Requirements For 2007-2008 School Year  -  Apr 6, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,...all children, including those already enrolled in childcare, will be required to be vaccinated with the recommended doses of the pneumococcal vaccine.

State Department of Health requiring two new vaccines for 2007-08 ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
The Commercial Dispatch,Beginning January 2008, all children, including those already enrolled in childcare, will be required to be vaccinated with the pneumococcal vaccine.

Robert Austrian: Dead At 90  -  Mar 31, 2007
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases,Today, the pneumococcal vaccine that he worked so hard to convince doctors should be created, is recommended for anybody over the age of 65.

Vaccine available for those at high risk  -  Apr 16, 2007
Northumberland Today,There is no shortage of invasive pneumococcal vaccine for infants, the Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit says.

Can vaccine help Utah's kids?  -  Apr 2, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,By Lisa Rosetta. Ear, nose and throat specialist Steven Miller takes a look inside 13-month-old Diego Reyes-Lisieski's ears as his mother Patty Lisieski

Meningitis vaccine reduces ear infections  -  Apr 2, 2007
Earthtimes.orgWINSTON-SALEM, NC, April 2 A vaccine approved to help protect children from meningitis and other pneumococcal diseases may guard against ear infections,

Meningitis vaccine reduces ear infections  -  Apr 2, 2007
United Press InternationalWINSTON-SALEM, NC, April 2 (UPI) -- A vaccine approved to help protect children from meningitis and other pneumococcal diseases may guard against ear

Vaccine Beats Some Ear Infections  -  Apr 1, 2007
Ivanhoe,...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Parents may be seeing fewer chronic ear infections in their young kids these days. Why? A vaccination added to the regular schedule of

Vaccination backed by WHO  -  Apr 4, 2007
Irish Medical Times,By Sandra Ryan. The World Health Organ-ization (WHO) has announced its support for the introduction of a national immunisation programme worldwide to

Case 12-2007 — A 56-Year-Old Woman with Renal Failure after Heart ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...oral clotrimazole, folic acid, calcium carbonate, multivitamins, and vitamin A; pneumococcal vaccine had been administered after her splenectomy.

WHO: Pneumococcal Vaccine Should Be on Schedules  -  Mar 25, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Currently the pneumococcal vaccine is not listed on the National Immunisation Schedule in New Zealand and therefore not free to all infants, as is the case

WHO Recommends Developing Countries Introduce New Pneumonia Vaccine  -  Mar 23, 2007
Earthtimes.org..."This decision is an important step inthe introduction of a safe and effective pneumococcal vaccine for developingcountries."

Pneumococcal vaccine looks set to be approved  -  Mar 22, 2007
Irish Medical Times,The vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease will be approved by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NAIC) very soon, the Minister for Health,

Pneumococcal vaccine looks set to be approved  -  Mar 22, 2007
Irish Medical Times,By Sandra Ryan. The vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease will be approved by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NAIC) very soon, the Minister

New vaccine to be given green light  -  Mar 16, 2007
Irish Medical News,The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is ex­pected to back the introduction of a pneumococcal vaccine into Ireland’s childhood immunisation programme

APS: WHO Recommends Developing Countries Introduce New ...........  -  Mar 23, 2007
ANP Pers Support,...pneumococcal vaccine is no exception. WHO encourages countries to conduct appropriate. impact of vaccination, including the occurrence and magnitude of

It's not just kids who can use shots  -  Mar 18, 2007
Toronto Sun,You should also look into the pneumococcal vaccine, particularly if you're a senior. Hepatitis A and B is also worth discussing with your doctor.

Beyond the egg  -  Mar 8, 2007
Economist,Wyeth, an American firm, led the charge with Prevnar, a pneumococcal vaccine, which in 2004 became the first vaccine to reach a billion dollars in sales.

Merck to roll out money-spinning drugs soon  -  Mar 18, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...enjoys international sales worth $150 million. Pneuvax-23, a pneumococcal vaccine, has an assured domestic market with no generic equivalent

Commissioners OK increase in insurance benefits  -  Mar 7, 2007
Linton Daily Citizen,Routine immunizations include all childhood immunizations, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, urinalysis, Hepatitis B (for covered dependent children)

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