YSPH EMD Seminar Series “New Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: Expectations, Recommendations, and Potential Impact”

New pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have recently been approved for use in adults in the US. Who should get these vaccines? Who will get these vaccines? What impact will these vaccines have on disease burden? How do the new CDC recommendations regarding these vaccines impact the preceding questions? We will have a quick overview of pneumococcal vaccines, then explore and discuss these questions.