What is CAPVAXIVE? CAPVAXIVE is a vaccine for individuals and older to help protect against invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumonia caused by certain types of bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes also referred as pneumococcus. CAPVAXIVE is a single-dose vaccine—meaning that it only requires one shot. These bacteria can cause many types of illnesses, which can be severe, such as infections in: your lungs (pneumonia) the area around your brain and spinal cord (meningitis) your blood (bacteremia) CAPVAXIVE might not protect everyone who gets the vaccine. Why CAPVAXIVE? Compared to other pneumococcal vaccines, CAPVAXIVE includes (15A, 15C, 16F, 23A, 23B, 24F, 31, and 35B) of bacteria that cause 27% of US IPD cases in adults over the age of 50. Who should […]