Lithonia High School Named Georgia AP Honor School. AP STEM Schools are schools with students testing in at least two AP math courses and two AP science courses (AP Calculus AB, AB Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science)
The first pneumococcal vaccine was developed in the 1980s. They are on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medication needed in a basic health system. The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$17 per dose as of 2014.
The diseases caused by pneumococcus include meningitis, bloodstream infections and pneumonia. The pneumococcal vaccine was first introduced for use in all infants in the United States in 2000. Before the vaccine, every year pneumococcus caused about 700 cases of meningitis, 17,000 cases of bloodstream infections and 71,000 cases of pneumonia.