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2. Shingles vaccine: Should I get it? - Mayo Clinic

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   Answer From Pritish K. Tosh, M.D. People who can get the Shingrix vaccine in the U.S. should get it. That includes people who have had shingles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that adults age 50 and older should get the Shingrix vaccine to prevent shingles and complications from the. condition This is true for people ...

3. Shingles vaccine - Immunize BC

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   The vaccine prevents more than 90% of cases of shingles in adults 50 years and older. In adults 18 years and older with a weakened immune system, the vaccine prevents about 70%-90% of cases of shingles. For those who still get shingles after being immunized, the vaccine can reduce pain, including the type of pain that lasts after shingles.

4. Shingles - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

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   Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Shingles can occur anywhere on your body. It typically looks like a single stripe of blisters that wraps around the left side or the right side of your torso. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the ...

5. Vaccine guidance from Mayo Clinic

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   The vaccine can also prevent genital warts, and cancers of the anus, penis and back of the throat. The HPV vaccine can protect against more than 90% of cancers caused by HPV. The ACIP recommends routine HPV vaccination for kids ages 11 and 12. Kids and teens can get the HPV vaccine as early as age 9 or at ages 13 and 14. Two doses of the ...

6. Vaccines for adults: Which do I need? - Mayo Clinic

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   The CDC recommends the pneumococcal vaccines — there are two — for adults age 65 and older. Younger adults at increased risk of pneumococcal disease also might need a dose of the vaccine. Pneumococcal disease causes infections, such as pneumonia, meningitis and bloodstream infections. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

7. Shingles vaccine: Can I transmit the vaccine virus to others?

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   The virus that causes shingles is called varicella-zoster virus. It also causes chickenpox. You may have heard you can pass the virus to others if you get the Zostavax shingles vaccine. That vaccine is offered outside of the United States. But it was used in the United States from 2006 to November 2020. Zostavax is made from the whole but ...