Shingles vaccine funded for 65-year-olds with catch-ups for those missed

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Shingles vaccine funded for 65-year-olds with catch-ups for those missed

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Mary Nowlan and Emma Best

Shingles
Complications occur in one in four people with shingles

VACCINES: Patients receiving the herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine are much less likely to be hospitalised for the effects of shingles, and less likely to suffer loss of independence

Key points All adults are likely to be infected with varicella-zoster virus.   Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine Zostavax is funded for those