The National Osteoporosis Foundation provides detailed information on osteoporosis and the individuals which this disease affects. It can lead to dangerous and costly health problems. Each year up to 60,000 adults, many aged 65 or older, die of infectious diseases that can be prevented, such as flu and pneumococcal infection. People in certain high-risk groups should get the hepatitis B vaccine. Most of these deaths occur in people aged 65 or older.
Pneumococcal pneumonia is one of the most common types of pneumonia.
It often leads to hospitalization. You cannot get pneumonia from the vaccine. Since flu viruses change each year, people should get the new vaccine each year, usually in the fall. You cannot get the flu from the vaccine. However, flu vaccine will not protect you from other lung infections, such as colds and bronchitis.