Campaign To Tell Parents About New Vaccine Against Pneumococcal Disease, UK

... A new campaign to be launched next week will urge parents to have their children immunised against pneumococcal disease which can cause serious illnesses such as meningitis, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and pneumonia if it enters the bloodstream.From 4th September children will be routinely offered the new pneumococcal vaccine as part of the routine immunisation programme. [click link for full article] ...