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New vaccine to protect youth

B.C's Ministry of Health Services is stepping up its protection of children in the field of pneumococcal disease like pneumonia, bronchitis and even meningitis.

B.C's Ministry of Health Services is stepping up its protection of children in the field of pneumococcal disease like pneumonia, bronchitis and even meningitis.

A new vaccine called Prevnar 13, offering protection against 13 strains of pneumococcal disease will be given starting in June during routine childhood immunization.

For more, see The Citizen.