Pneumonia vaccine said to reduce U.S. hospitalizations

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Pneumonia vaccine said to reduce U.S. hospitalizations

By Gene Emery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The seven-strain pneumonia vaccine used in the U.S. beginning in 2000 has prevented 168,000 hospitalizations for the disease each year since, and its effectiveness showed no signs of waning, a new study concludes. The biggest benefit, by far, was seen among people age 85 and older, for whom the so-called 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, marketed as Prevnar, prevented 73,000 hospitalizations annually. ...

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