As the weather gets colder, the risk of pneumonia increases. KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has new vaccine recommendations to protect those at risk.

The vaccine helps to prevent bacterial infections that can cause serious illness in older adults, such as pneumonia.

The agency recommends giving one of three available vaccines — PCV15, PCV20 or PCV21 — to all adults 50 years or older who ...

Who should get one: Pneumococcal vaccines are recommended for all adults ages 50 and older. Ask your doctor which ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered the recommended age for the pneumonia vaccine from 65 to 50 for adults. “Lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination gives more ...

CDC urges adults 50-64 to get the pneumococcal vaccine to protect against severe illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis this ...

Those as young as age 50 should get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia, the CDC said in a recent announcement. The change is a significant reduction in age requirements, as the agency ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made a major change on age recommendations for a common vaccine. For the ...

But older adults are more at risk of having ... so it’s also important to start getting vaccinated around age 65. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines (PPSV). PPSVs contain purified sugars ...

The vaccine protects against serious infections including invasive diseases that attack parts of the body that are normally ...

which can cause serious complications in older adults. An annual flu shot is particularly important for people over 50, ...