Don’t miss out on pneumococcal vaccination
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Vaccination It’s important to check if you need a pneumococcal vaccination. Only around 50% of older aged Australians and 33% of specific at-risk groups of adults and adolescents are getting vaccinated. This is worrying because pneumococcal disease usually requires hospitalisation and can be life-threatening. Caused by a bacterium called pneumococcus, it can lead to: meningitis (brain