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  • CDC recommends pneumonia vaccine for adults 50 and older

    CDC recommends pneumonia vaccine for adults 50 and older

    Doctors have long urged people ages 50 and older to get a yearly shot to protect against pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now agrees. On Wednesday, an independent group of advisers to the CDC voted 14 to 1 to lower the age for routine pneumococcal vaccines to 50. CDC Director Dr. Mandy…