Since the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries lack the spectacular features found at convergent and divergent boundaries.ince the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries lack the spectacular features found at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Return to News Index. Pneumovax is the brand name for the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which doctors recommend seniors and other at-risk adults get to protect themselves from the pneumococcal disease, a serious health threat that can lead to death.any strains of Streptococcus pneumonia are resistant to currently used antibiotics. Infection with the bacteria is a leading cause of serious illness in adults and children worldwide. In the U.S. alone, more people die from pneumococcal disease each year than all other vaccine-preventable diseases combined.
PPSV23 (Pneumovax, Merck) is recommended. for anyone who meets any of the criteria below: â¢ Age 65 years and older. â¢ age 59 months and give PCV13 to children Age 2 through 64 years with any of the fol-. lowing conditions. 1. cigarette smokers age 19 years and older. 2. alcoholism. 3. chronic liver disease, cirrhosis.