Physicians who care for adults generally don't think about vaccines as much as pediatricians do, and adults think of vaccines as a kid thing.
If you've had a cough that lasted weeks, a cough that just doesn't seem to go away, chances are it was pertussis.
Your child can die from chickenpox.
One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins.
The flu can definitely set you up for bacterial pneumonias.
Pneumococcus is a fairly common cause of pneumonia and [raises the] risk of death in older adults.