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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory abortion-ban exceptions can be – Los Angeles Times

Source: Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory abortion-ban exceptions can be – Los Angeles Times

Pneumococcal disease in kids plunges 72% over 20 years after vaccine rollout | CIDRAP

Baby getting vaccinated The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children plummeted 72% from 2002 to 2021 and continued to fall after the 7-valent (7-strain) pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was replaced by the 13-valent version (PCV13), a Yale University–led team reports today in Pediatrics.

The study analyzed data on IPD among children younger than 18 years from a Massachusetts surveillance system. The team serotyped Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from normally sterile sites and evaluated them for antimicrobial susceptibility.

Source: Pneumococcal disease in kids plunges 72% over 20 years after vaccine rollout | CIDRAP