Expert panel recommends new shingles vaccine that gives increased protection

A federal expert panel Wednesday recommended a new and more effective shingles vaccine to protect adults 50 and older from a painful rash that affects 1 in 3 people during their lifetime. In a rare move, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices also recommended, by an 8-to-7 vote, that the new Shingrix vaccine be preferred over […]Related:FDA’s Gottlieb calls for greater use of medication-assisted treatment to fight opioid epidemicWorld leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’U.S. abortion rate fell 25 percent from 2008 to 2014; one in four women have an abortion
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news