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FDA Greenlights Pneumonia Vaccine

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The FDA has approved Prevnar 13, for use on people over 50. Prevnar 13 is a pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, that can prevent pneumonia and disease caused by the bacterium, Streptococ

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