A new study published in BMC Infectious Diseases challenges current recommendations for the pneumonia vaccine. Researchers say people who received the shot were actually more likely to develop pneumonia.
“A landmark population-based study published in BMC Infectious Diseases has shattered the rationale for current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) recommendations”
Nicolas Hulscher, M.P.H., discusses the findings on CHD.TV and says they could be used to push for changes in vaccine policy.
Watch the video here.
Read the study here.
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