Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or tuberculosis. Symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting marketing authorization for the pneumococcal vaccine Capvaxive (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [21-valent]) intended to ...

Several medicines are poised to reach new heights after winning key endorsements from European drug regulators. | Among those ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended four novel medicines for approval at its ...

Drug major Merck & Co. (MRK) announced Friday that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or ...

Merck , known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the ...

While children under five, particularly those under two, are the most vulnerable, pneumococcal diseases also affect adults.

In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...

Warning from leading medical expert follows spate of severe cases complicated by other viruses and bacterial infections.

A Swedish study of nearly 9,000 individuals explores the connection between gut bacteria and heart health, revealing that ...

The results were particularly promising for Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph), a major cause of drug-resistant skin and ...