New Shingles Vaccine For Seniors, Does It Work?
Shingles is a painful itching rash caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same bug behind chickenpox. The virus lies dormant in the nerve tissue of people who’ve had chickenpox, and years later can reactivate itself. Anyone who’s had chickenpox can develop shingles, but about half of all cases occur in people 60 and older, …